Rigour, reliability and validity in qualitative research

Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-37

  Long, T ^a   Johnson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative research; Reliability; Rigour; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008546128     PISSN: 13619004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cein.2000.0106     Document Type: Article

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