Standards of Evidence in Qualitative Research: An Incitement to Discourse

Educational Researcher

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Freeman, Melissa ^a   Demarrais, Kathleen ^a   Preissle, Judith ^a   Roulston, Kathryn ^a   Pierre, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

qualitative research; quality; standards of evidence; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996161033     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X06298009     Document Type: Article

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