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Thick Description

Wayne H. Brekhus, John F. Galliher, Jaber F. Gubrium (2005). The Need for Thin Description. Qualitative Inquiry. Vol 11, Issue 6, pp. 861 – 879.

Naturalistic Data Pros & Cons

Speer, S.A. (2002). ‘Natural’ and ‘contrived’ data: a sustainable distinction? Discourse Studies, Vol 4, Issue 4, pp. 511 – 525.

Naturalistic Data Relevance

Potter, J. (2002). Two kinds of natural. Discourse Studies, Vol 4, Issue 4, pp. 539 – 542.

Mixed Methods Problems

Jo Moran-Ellis, Victoria D. Alexander, Ann Cronin, Mary Dickinson, Jane Fielding, Judith Sleney, Hilary Thomas. (2006). Triangulation and integration: processes, claims and implications. Qualitative Research, Vol 6, Issue 1, pp. 45 – 59. 

Mixed Methods Example

Markham, T. and Couldry, N. (2007). Tracking the Reflexivity of the (Dis)Engaged Citizen: Some Methodological Reflections. Qualitative Inquiry, Vol 13, Issue 5, pp. 675 – 695. 

Synthesizing Qual & Quant Data

Corrine I. Voils, Margarete Sandelowski, Julie Barroso, Victor Hasselblad. (2008). Making Sense of Qualitative and Quantitative Findings in Mixed Research Synthesis Studies, Field Methods, Vol 20, Issue 1, pp. 3 – 25.