Writing publishable mixed research articles: Guidelines for emerging scholars in the health sciences and beyond

International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-24

  Leech, Nancy L ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b   Combs, Julie P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines for writing; Mixed methods research; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650144770     PISSN: 18340806     EISSN: 18340814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/mra.2011.5.1.7     Document Type: Article

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