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Dexter, Lewis Anthony. Elte and Specialized Interviewing.  Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1970.

Firestone, William A. and Robert E. Harriott.  "The Formalization of Qualitative Research: An adaptation of 'soft' science to the policy world."  Evaluation Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (August 1983), 437-466.

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