Undermining 'data': A critical examination of a core term in scientific inquiry

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Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Markham, Annette N ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84886248470     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i10.4868     Document Type: Editorial

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