Qualitative research in psychology: Attitudes of psychology students and academic staff

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-37

  Povee, Kate ^a   Roberts, Lynne D ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes beliefs and values; Research methods and statistics; Teaching of psychology; Theoretical and methodological issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892514410     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12031     Document Type: Article

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