Qualitative research using numbers: An approach developed in France and used to transform work in North America

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Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-260

  Messing, Karen ^a   Seifert, Ana María ^a   Vézina, Nicole ^a   Balka, Ellen ^b   Chatigny, Céline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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EID: 84869286726     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/F2QB-P8YX-MVWU-TYAW     Document Type: Article

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