Scientific reasoning as sense-making: Implications for qualitative inquiry

Qualitative Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-46

  Osbeck, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

explanation; induction; model based reasoning; qualitative analysis; sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973236824     PISSN: 23263601     EISSN: 23263598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/qup0000004     Document Type: Article

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