Qualitative methods in sport: A concise overview for guiding social scientific sport research

Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-73

  Smith, Brett ^a   Caddick, Nick ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interviewing; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative research; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875350181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21640602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21640599.2012.701373     Document Type: Article

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