Developing email interview practices in qualitative research

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Burns, Edgar ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Email interview; Email research; Interview methodology; Mixed method

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956312288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2232     Document Type: Article

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