Innovative data collection strategies in qualitative research

Qualitative Report

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 696-726

  Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^a   Leech, Nancy L ^b   Collins, Kathleen M T ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Debriefing; Documents; Focus groups; Interviews; Material culture; Nonverbal data; Observations; Qualitative data collection; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953078531     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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