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Looking at the bright side: A positive approach to qualitative policy and evaluation research

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Prepared as part of the Research and Training Center on Community Integration, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U. S. Department of Education (Cooperative Agreement No. G0085C03503 with the Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University). The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the authors and no official endorsement by the U. S. Department of Education should be inferred.

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Bogdan, R., Taylor, S.J. Looking at the bright side: A positive approach to qualitative policy and evaluation research. Qual Sociol 13, 183–192 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989686

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