Remaining Open to Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Method Designs: An Unscientific Compromise, or Good Research Practice?11Author note: This paper is based on the Doctoral Research of Keith R. McVilly, which was recognized with Australian Psychological Society's 2005 Thesis Award for a thesis in the field of human relationships...

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 35, Issue , 2008, Pages 151-203

  Mcvilly, Keith R ^a   Stancliffe, Roger J ^b   Parmenter, Trevor R ^b   Burton Smith, Rosanne M ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability studies; Methodology; Mixed methods; Qualitative research; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749078063     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(07)35005-2     Document Type: Review

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