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Feb 2024
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The right question with Meena Kothandara...

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
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S02E12 (#322).  Asking the right question and wanting to get a good response. How do we handle that as researchers? Meena Kothandaraman joins us to talk about our curiosity as researchers, the different lenses of inquiry we can apply from exploritory to validation. We talk as well about being curious and the skill of getting people... 
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