Validity and validation in the making in the context of qualitative research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 983-989

  Koro Ljungberg, Mirka ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; General; Qualitative methods; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EPISTEMOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 45249106389     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308318039     Document Type: Article

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