Judging research quality: From certainty to contingency

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-100

  Smith, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria; Qualitative research; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649203589     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398440902908928     Document Type: Article

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