Mixed research in counseling: Trends in the literature

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-180

  Leech, Nancy L ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

counseling research; mixed methods research; mixed research; prevalence of mixed methods research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958273838     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: 19476302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748175611409848     Document Type: Article

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