Q method and surveys: Three ways to combine Q and R

Field Methods

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-237

  Danielson, Stentor ^a  

^a Social and Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Q method; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749107930     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X09332082     Document Type: Article

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