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Publication Date: 1997
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Qualitative Research in Educational Gerontology.
Applewhite, Steven Lozano
Educational Gerontology, v23 n1 p15-27 Jan-Feb 1997
Quantitative methods such as logical positivism often view nondominant groups as deviant and purport to be objective. Qualitative methods such as ethnography help educational gerontologists understand diverse elderly populations and allow elders to participate in the process of defining reality and producing knowledge. (SK)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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