Critical Issues in Designing Mixed Methods Policy Research

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 789-801

  Brannen, Julia ^a   Moss, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mixed methods; policy related research; research design; research teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860716913     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764211433796     Document Type: Article

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