Prevalence of mixed-methods sampling designs in social science research

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-101

  Collins, Kathleen M T ^a   Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^b   Jiao, Qun G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed methods; Sample scheme; Sample size; Sampling design; Sampling model; School psychology research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876891372     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/eri421.0     Document Type: Article

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