Data collection challenges and recommendations for early career researchers

Qualitative Report

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2025-2036

  Rimando, Marylen ^a   Brace, Andrea M ^b   Namageyo Funa, Apophia ^c   Parr, Tiffany L ^d   Sealy, Diadrey Anne ^e  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of the Southern Caribbean   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Doctoral students; Early career researchers; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951042567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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