Thematic Analysis: Striving to Meet the Trustworthiness Criteria

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Nowell, Lorelli S ^a   Norris, Jill M ^a   White, Deborah E ^a   Moules, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

qualitative data analysis; qualitative methods; rigor; thematic analysis; trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038834379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16094069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1609406917733847     Document Type: Article

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