Qualitative secondary data analysis: Ethics, epistemology and context

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 295-306

  Irwin, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

context; ethics; qualitative longitudinal data; secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ETHICS; GROWTH; INFRASTRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84883012990     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464993413490479     Document Type: Article

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