Never the twain shall meet? Quantitative psychological researchers' perspectives on qualitative research

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-277

  Hagger, Martin S ^a   Chatzisarantis, Nikos L D ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Multi method approach; Qualitative research; Quantitative research; Research methods; Theoretical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859504871     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2011.607185     Document Type: Article

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