Using the Terms Hypothesis and Variable for Qualitative Work: A Critical Reflection

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-677

  Lareau, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Field research; Method; Participant observation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863867680     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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