Challenges of learning to write qualitative research: Students' voices

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 638-651

  Wang, Fei ^a  

^a JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Argumentative writing; Interpretation; Research writing; Student researchers; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890868052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/160940691301200134     Document Type: Article

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