Focus group interviews

Research in the College Context: Approaches and Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 49-62

  Kelly, Bridget Turner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 84909115589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203952740     Document Type: Chapter

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