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Enhancing the quality and credibility of qualitative analysis.

M. Q. Patton

1999.12.1HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

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This overview examines ways of enhancing the quality and credibility of qualitative analysis by dealing with three distinct but related inquiry concerns: rigorous techniques and methods for gathering and analyzing qualitative data; the credibility, competence, and perceived trustworthiness of the qualitative researcher; and the philosophical beliefs of evaluation users about such paradigm-based preferences.

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PATTON, M. Q. Enhancing the quality and credibility of qualitative analysis. HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 1999, 34 5 Pt 2: 1189–208.