University students' research orientations: Do negative attitudes exist toward quantitative methods?

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-280

  Murtonen, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptions of research; Learning of research; Quantitative methods' learning; Research orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944458454     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313830500109568     Document Type: Article

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