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The Quality of Qualitative Research
Abstract
PART ONE: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Why Quality Matters Post Scientific Critiques Trust, Truth and Philosophy Guiding Ideals PART TWO: RESEARCH PRACTICE Converging on a Point? Accounting for Contradiction Grounding Theory Generalising from Qualitative Research Using Numbers Reliability and Replicability Reflexivity and Writing Reinstating the Author
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Metadata
- Authors
- Seale, C.
- Venue
- SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Published
- 1999
- OpenAlex
- W566876742
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- 41.71
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- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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