Theory building in qualitative research: Reconsidering the problem of induction

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bendassolli, Pedro F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deduction; Induction; Qualitative analysis; Theory in qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878821731     PISSN: 14385627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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