A cross-disciplinary examination of the prevalence of mixed methods in educational research: 1995-2005

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-328

  Truscott, Diane M ^a   Swars, Susan ^a   Smith, Stephanie ^a   Thornton Reid, Flo ^a   Zhao, Yali ^a   Dooley, Caitlin ^a   Williams, Brian ^a   Hart, Lynn ^a   Matthews, Mona ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossdisciplinary; Educational research; Methods research; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956783926     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570903097950     Document Type: Article

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