‘Too Ambitious’: What Happens when Funders Misunderstand the Strengths of Qualitative Research Design

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-277

  Ungar, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

funding; mixed methods; research criteria; review process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248605549     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325006064262     Document Type: Article

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