The Impact of Implementing Critical Appraisal on EFL Teachers' Quantitative Research Literacy

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Alireza Zaker ¹ , Mania Nosratinia ² , Parviz Birjandi ³ , Massood Yazdanimoghaddam ⁴

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, English Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, English Department, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor, English Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, English Department, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran

Received: 2019-09-19 Accepted : 2019-09-19 Published : 2019-04-01

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Zaker, A., Nosratinia, M., Birjandi, P., & Yazdanimoghaddam, M. (2019). Development and validation of a quantitative research literacy questionnaire. Manuscript submitted for publication.