Cracking the Code: Using Personal Narratives in Research

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-375

  Haden, Catherine A ^a   Hoffman, Philip C ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODING; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; NARRATIVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SKILL; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883469392     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2013.805135     Document Type: Article

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