Research quality: Critique of quantitative articles in the journal of counseling & development

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-290

  Wester, Kelly L ^a   Borders, L Dianne ^a   Boul, Steven ^a   Horton, Evette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

counseling research; research design; research quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878887325     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2013.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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