Online Diaries for Qualitative Evaluation: Gaining Real-Time Insights

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-184

  Cohen, Deborah J ^a   Leviton, Laura C ^b   Isaacson, Nicole ^a   Tallia, Alfred F ^a   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

diary method; health care quality improvement; online evaluation methods; process evaluation; qualitative evaluation method; real time evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990334166     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214006288448     Document Type: Article

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