Beyond the existence proof: Ontological conditions, epistemological implications, and in-depth interview research

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 387-408

  Lucas, Samuel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; In depth interviewing; Non probability sampling; Ontology; Probability sampling; Purposive sampling; Sampling; Snowball sampling; Theoretical sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891632763     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-012-9775-3     Document Type: Article

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