Purpose — Qualitative research suffers from “contestation” and a lack of “boilerplate” problems to assessing and presenting qualitative data, which has hampered its development and the broader acceptance of qualitative research. This article addresses this gap by marrying the...

How accurate is a log-linear approximation of the New Keynesian model when the nominal interest rate is bounded by zero? This paper compares the solution of the exact non-linear model to the log-linear approximation. It finds that the difference is modest. This applies even for extreme events in...

Purpose – The Guest Editors' intent with this special issue is to tell tales of the field and beyond, but all with the serious end of rendering visible the largely invisible. This paper aims to introduce the articles forming the special issue, as well as reviewing extant work that foregrounds...

This article presents a brief description of the development and use of log-linear models. Current research in areas of screening effects, partitioning chi-square statistics, stepwise procedures, and model fitting and selection is discussed. An analysis of inherent model ambiguities is provided,...

Policies and procedures govern organizations whether they are private or public, for-profit or not-for profit. Review of such policies and procedures are done periodically to ensure optimum efficiency within the organization. Framework analysis is a qualitative method that is aptly suited for...