Constructing a vignette for qualitative comparative family research

Authors

  • Lennart Nygren
  • Siv Oltedal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v10i1.123

Author Biographies

Lennart Nygren

Professor, PhD
University of Umeå
Sweden
lennart.nygren@socw.umu.se

Siv Oltedal

Professor, PhD
University of Stavanger
Norway
siv.oltedal@uis.no

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2015-07-01

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Nygren, L., & Oltedal, S. (2015). Constructing a vignette for qualitative comparative family research. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 10(1), 73–76. https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v10i1.123

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