Bolstering the Biomedical Paradigm

Autores/as

  • Frank Thomas Houghton Department of Public Health & Administration, College of Health Science & Public Health, Eastern Washington University.
  • Sharon B Houghton Department of Psychology, Eastern Washington University

Palabras clave:

biostatistics, qualitative research

Resumen

In this editorial, Drs. Frank Thomas Houghton and Sharon Houghton discuss JAMA's recent (2014) series on statistics and methods as evidence of an overemphasis on quantitative methodology in research and an ignoring of qualitative methods.

Biografía del autor/a

Frank Thomas Houghton, Department of Public Health & Administration, College of Health Science & Public Health, Eastern Washington University.

Associate Professor & MPH Program Director

Sharon B Houghton, Department of Psychology, Eastern Washington University

Lecturer in the Department of Psychology

Citas

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Publicado

2014-10-16

Número

Vol. 8 Núm. 3 (2014)

Sección

Editorials

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