Changing the terms of the debate: Quantitative methods in explicitly interpretive research

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-154

  Westerman, Michael A ^a   Yanchar, Stephen C ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

explicitly interpretive quantitative research; interpretation; qualitative research; quantitative methods; science wars

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953772491     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354310393565     Document Type: Editorial

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