Elicitation techniques: Getting people to talk about ideas they dont usually talk about

Theory and Research in Social Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-205

  Barton, Keith C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elicitation techniques; interview research; research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930061463     PISSN: 00933104     EISSN: 21631654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00933104.2015.1034392     Document Type: Review

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