A Purposeful Approach to the Constant Comparative Method in the Analysis of Qualitative Interviews

2002/11/01 by Hennie Boeije · 2,963 citations
Environmental Science · Mathematics · Psychology · #Computer science #Empirical research #Grounded theory #Korean Urban and Social Studies #Management science #Mathematics #Plan (archaeology) #Process (computing) #Psychology #Qualitative research #Sociology #Statistics #Theoretical sampling #Traceability

paper · doi:10.1023/a:1020909529486

published in Quality & Quantity 36(4), 391-409 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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