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How to interpret what people really mean (18 Jun 13)

What do you do when you are not sure what someone has said


When making sense of qualitative data it is essential that everything which respondents have said is taken into account, rather than the researcher picking out what seems to be of interest.

Dimitris and Mazazarella, two researchers from North America suggest the follow…

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