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Suicidology Online 2010
Revitalizing Suicidology: A call for mixed methods designsKeywords: suicide research , qualitative methods , quantitative methods , mixed methods Abstract: Reflections on the current status of research and knowledge in Suicidology have sparked a debate inthe literature related to the relative strengths and weaknesses of quantitative and qualitative approaches toresearch in the field. The purpose of this essay is to add to this discourse by arguing against an either/orperspective on these distinctive methodological approaches, but rather to promote the use of
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