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Original Articles

‘Membership matters’: applying Membership Categorisation Analysis (MCA) to qualitative data using Computer‐Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS) Software

Pages 1-16 | Received 19 Jun 2007, Accepted 23 Oct 2008, Published online: 08 Jun 2009

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