The craft of interviewing in realist evaluation

Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 342-360

  Manzano, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative research interview; realist evaluation; realist interview; research methods; teacher learner cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978485748     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389016638615     Document Type: Article

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