Quality Issues in Qualitative Inquiry

qualitative social work

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-110

  Seale, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

methodology; qualitative research; reliability; rigour; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990319645     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147332500200100107     Document Type: Article

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