A Qualitative Experiment: Research on Mediated Meaning Construction Using a Hybrid Approach

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 332-347

  Robinson, Sue ^a   Mendelson, Andrew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; experiment; focus group; interview; mixed methods; qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867019372     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689812444789     Document Type: Article

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