Methodological bias in social work education: the silence of quantitative approaches in students' research in Zimbabwe.
This study examines the factors contributing to the low utilization of quantitative research approaches among social work research students. A census sampling technique was employed to conduct a survey of 1268 students who had completed their final year research dissertations. The descriptive statis...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Education Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 1365 - 1386 |
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