A pluralist view of generalization in qualitative research

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Larsson, Staffan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Generalization; Human science; Methodology; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350698527     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437270902759931     Document Type: Article

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