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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.