Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9953275 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
By framing the investigation of scientific inquiry around Plato's "arch of knowledge", we argue that qualitative inquiry is essential to the scientific process. We propose that because qualitative research applies a systematic and self-critical approach to induction and deduction, it should be considered a fundamental scientific enterprise.
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Authors
Joanna E.M. Sale, Stephen Thielke,