Commentary on the paper by Heimrich Kanis entitled: 'Reliability and validity of findings in ergonomics research'

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-54

  Hignett, Sue ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation; qualitative; realistic; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890755361     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2013.778354     Document Type: Article

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