Qualitative research in the service of understanding learners and users of statistics

International Statistical Review

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-296

  Gal, Iddo ^a   Ograjenšek, Irena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Mixed methods; Statistical dissemination; Statistics education research; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855552255     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: 17515823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2010.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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