Themes, variables, and the limits to calculating sample size in qualitative research: a response to Fugard and Potts
International Journal of Social Research MethodologyPublished 29 April 2015Open access
Nick Emmel
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Andrew Fugard and Henry Potts’ paper joins a small number of papers that seek to justify sample size through counting themes. Unlike the other two papers I can think of, Guest and colleagues and Fr...
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