When a cigar is not just a cigar: Alternative takes on data and data analysis

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-352

  Sandelowski, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Data collection; Epistemology; Methodological research; Philosophy; Qualitative research; Quantitative research; Research ethics; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79960128113     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20437     Document Type: Article

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