Editors’ afterword: Toward evidence-based guidelines for reviewing mixed methods research manuscripts submitted to journals

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^a   Poth, Cheryl ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84994876873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1609406916628986     Document Type: Note

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