Making sense of research: What's good, what's not, and how to tell the difference

Making Sense of Research: What's Good, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-174

  McEwan Adkins, Elaine K ^a   McEwan, Patrick J ^b  

^a The McEwan Adkins Group   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483328591     Document Type: Book

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