Alternative quality standards in qualitative research?

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1727-1751

  Poortman, C L ^a   Schildkamp, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case studies; Mixed methodology; Quality criteria; Quantitative qualitative debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866461514     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9555-5     Document Type: Article

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