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4.3. “Methods”, “traditions” and “approaches” in qualitative analysis

Many concepts and terms are used by qualitative researchers. They are not always standardized and we find it useful to clarify the ones we will use in this process note. This part is therefore not exhaustive. We are largely inspired by by Paillé and Mucchielli (Paillé and Mucchielli 2011) and translated their terminology.