Sample extensiveness in qualitative nutrition education research

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 184-192

  Sobal, Jeffery ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Extensiveness; Focus groups; Interviews; Qualitative; Sample size; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBSERVATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0035411376     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1499-4046(06)60030-4     Document Type: Article

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