Children as respondents: The challenge for quantitative methods

Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 87-108

  Scott, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Queens College   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203964576     Document Type: Chapter

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