Judging the quality of qualitative inquiry: Criteriology and relativism in action

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-497

  Sparkes, Andrew C ^a   Smith, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connoisseurship; Criteria; Criteriology; Qualitative inquiry; Relativism; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649855019     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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