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Table 9.4

Research methodologies in higher education

Korean Journal of Educational Administration

The Journal of Career Educational Research

Korean Journal of Comparative Education

The Journal of Economics and Finance of Education

Total

Action research

11 (5.0)

8 (6.1)

• 
  

3 (2.6)

22 (3.7)

Biography

1 (0.5)

1 (0.8)

• 
  


• 
  

2 (0.3)

Case study

14 (6.4)

• 
  

6 (4.8)

3 (2.6)

23 (3.9)

Conceptual

24 (11.0)

• 
  

1 (0.8)

2 (1.7)

27 (4.6)

Critical

19 (8.7)

• 
  

1 (0.8)

9 (7.8)

29 (4.9)

Documentary

78 (35.6)

10 (7.6)

112 (90.3)

33 (28.7)

233 (39.5)

Ethnography

• 
  


• 
  


• 
  

Interview

5 (2.3)

4 (3.0)

1 (0.8)

• 
  

10 (1.7)

Multivariate

65 (29.7)

108 (81.8)

3 (2.4)

65 (56.5)

241 (40.8)

Scientometrics/bibliographic

2 (0.9)

1 (0.8)

• 
  


• 
  

3 (0.5)

Total

219 (100.0)

132 (100.0)

124 (100.0)

115 (100.0)

590 (100.0)

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