What types of designs are we using in social work research and evaluation?

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 665-673

  Holosko, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

designs; quality; research and evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958175239     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509339586     Document Type: Article

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