Research is the backbone of society's progress. Without it, there would be no new drugs, tech, etc. Basically, every trace of human progress could grind to a halt. However, research is only as good as ...

Walt Whitman wrote, “I am large, I contain multitudes.” In qualitative social science, this applies as both a celebration of what makes us human and as a warning of the limitations of using artificial ...

As a researcher who has used a wide variety of methodologies, I understand the importance of acknowledging that we, as researchers, do not pick the methodology; rather, the research question dictates ...

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