The Imitation Game and the Nature of Mixed Methods

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 510-527

  Collins, Harry ^a   Evans, Robert ^a   Weinel, Martin ^a   Lyttleton Smith, Jennifer ^a   Bartlett, Andrew ^a   Hall, Martin ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imitation Game; proxy researcher; sociology of scientific knowledge; studies of expertise and experience; Turing Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029478338     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689815619824     Document Type: Article

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