Interviewing the investigator: Strategies for addressing instrumentation and researcher bias concerns in qualitative research

Qualitative Report

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Chenail, Ronald J ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And qualitative research; Instrumentation; Interviewing; Researcher bias

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EID: 78650773999     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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