Unreliable narrators? 'Inconsistency' (and some inconstancy) in interviews

Qualitative Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-384

  Watson, Cate J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Discourse theory; Identity; Narrative; Qualitative interview; Reliability; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746256920     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106065008     Document Type: Article

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