Chapter 8 Evaluating and Analysing Qualitative Data

DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3234	ISBN: 978-1-910158-88-3
Published: September 2016	Component type: chapter
Published in: Research Methods for Accounting and Finance	Parent DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3090

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• Bridget E Ogharanduku, Heriot-Watt University (Author)
• Lubaina Zakaria, Heriot-Watt University (Author)
• RafaÅ‚ Sitko, Heriot-Watt University (Author) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1397-1116
• Katherine J C Sang, Heriot-Watt University (Author)

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• Audrey Paterson, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-5471
• David Leung, Coventry University, UK (Editor)
• William (Bill) Jackson, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8384-3032
• Robert MacIntosh, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7333-0201
• Kevin D O'Gorman, Heriot-Watt University, UK (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6239-6619

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Ogharanduku, Zakaria, Sitko & Sang, 2016

Ogharanduku, B.E., Zakaria, L., Sitko, R. & Sang, K.J.C. (2016) "Chapter 8 Evaluating and Analysing Qualitative Data" In: Paterson, A., Leung, D., Jackson, W.(., MacIntosh, R. & O'Gorman, K.D. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3234

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