How to state general qualitative facts in psychology?

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-56

  Vautier, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Falsifiability; Measurement; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872601566     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9502-5     Document Type: Article

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