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Disciplining qualitative decision exercises: Aspects of a transempirical protocol

Part II: An elaboration of the technical provisions of the transempirical protocol

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Sutherland, J.W. Disciplining qualitative decision exercises: Aspects of a transempirical protocol. Theor Decis 29, 85–118 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00126588

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