Death of mixed methods? Or the rebirth of research as a craft

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-136

  Symonds, Jennifer E ^a   Gorard, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixed methods; Paradigm; Qualitative; Quantitative; Research methods; Research philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959637114     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790.2010.483514     Document Type: Article

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