The weakness of the strong/weak comparison of modes of inquiry

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-327

  Sandelowski, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Qualitative versus quantitative methods; Research method strengths and weaknesses

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863819338     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21475     Document Type: Editorial

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