When what is useful is not necessarily true: The underappreciated conceptual scheme

Informing Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-32

  Gill, T Grandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Conceptual scheme; Informing science; Research methods; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957553860     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: 15214672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/1348     Document Type: Article

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