A Tale of Three Discourses: Doing Action Research in a Research Methods Class

Social Problems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 146-153

  Couch, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542321007     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2004.51.1.146     Document Type: Article

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