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Technical Communication Quarterly Volume 24, 2015 - Issue 1: Contemporary Research Methodologies in Technical Communication
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Values and Validity: Navigating Messiness in a Community-Based Research Project in Rwanda

Rebecca WaltonUtah State UniversityView further author information
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Maggie ZralyUtah State UniversityView further author information
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Pages 45-69 | Published online: 22 Oct 2014

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