@article{ref1,
title="Qualitative Research in Suicidology: Still a Well-Disguised Blessing?",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2002",
author="de Wilde, E",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="55-59",
abstract="Quantitative research can offer the best possible approximation of objective, unprejudiced observations and may therefore be a cornerstone of theory formulation in suicidal behavior. However, despite an increase in publications containing quantitative research, few theories have emerged. This paper describes a few factors that contributed to that: inadequate statistical techniques, research variety, lack of validity, and lack of effect size consideration. It is argued that as long as unnecessary variations in methodology remain, as long as the issue of what we are actually studying and how we are measuring that is not yet settled, and as long one is unaware of pitfalls in statistical interpretation, a better understanding of suicidal behavior will not be gained.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811110213126",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110213126"
}