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Language and meaning: Data collection in qualitative research.

Journal of Counseling PsychologyPublished 1 April 2005
Donald E. Polkinghorne
Citations1,859
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SJR score1.73
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Abstract

Qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human experience as it appears in people's lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather data that serve as evidence for their distilled descriptions. Qualitative data are gathered primarily in the form of spoken or written lan

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