A comparative analysis of three online appraisal instruments' ability to assess validity in qualitative research

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1736-1743

  Hannes, Karin ^a   Lockwood, Craig ^b   Pearson, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; metasynthesis; research evaluation; review; validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650129234     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310378656     Document Type: Article

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