Crossing the qualitative- quantitative divide II: Inventive approaches to big data, mobile methods, and rhythmanalysis

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-305

  DeLyser, Dydia ^a   Sui, Daniel ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

big data; digital humanities; inventive methods; methodology; mobile methods; mobilities; qualitative; quantitative; rhythmanalysis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875024343     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132512444063     Document Type: Article

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