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research methods See ATTITUDES; CASE-HISTORY; CASE-STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; LIFE-HISTORY; MULTI-LEVEL MODELS; OFFICIAL STATISTICS; PANEL STUDY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERSONAL DOCUMENTS; QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE VERSUS QUANTITATIVE DEBATE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH ETHICS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVEY; TRIANGULATION.

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