Purposeful sampling in qualitative research synthesis

Qualitative Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-75

  Suri, Harsh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meta study; Meta synthesis; Purposeful sampling; Qualitative meta analysis; Qualitative research synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555205069     PISSN: 14439883     EISSN: 14480980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3316/QRJ1102063     Document Type: Article

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