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11 Considerations of Quality in Qualitative Research

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This chapter describes how excellence and quality can be demonstrated in qualitative research and provides criteria for discerning these qualities as a consumer of qualitative reports. Researchers are advised to make carefully considered choices about the terms they adopt, such as “validation,” “verification,” “credibility,” and “trustworthiness,” for describing qualitative inquiry. The chapter discusses design elements and validation strategies that researchers can use to enhance the credibility of their research, as well as ways that research participants and external reviewers can be involved in these processes. Strategic actions that researchers can take include pursuing triangulation or crystallization, presenting negative case analysis, engaging in reflexive practices, and taking steps to recognize and manage their own subjectivity. Participants can be actively engaged in validation through member reflections, by interacting with the researcher in the field over a prolonged period of time, or through more intense collaboration with researchers in various phases of the research. Additional validation strategies call for external reviewers to audit the research process and products and for readers to assess the potential transferability of research findings based on thick description provided by the researcher. We conclude the chapter with guiding questions readers can use to discern quality in the research reports they consume.

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Establishing trustworthiness in qualitative research

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As the use of qualitative inquiry increases within the field of social work, researchers must consider the issue of establishing rigor in qualitative research. This article presents research procedures used in a study of autoethnographies that were written regarding the experience of being Jewish. In this project, the researchers utilized reflexivity, audit trail, triangulation by observer, peer debriefing, member check and prolonged engagement in order to manage the threats to trustworthiness as discussed by Padgett (1998). Implications of the project suggest that research procedures utilized by qualitative researchers to establish rigor are an important way to increase our confidence that the voice of the participants is heard, therefore fitting the mission of the social work profession.

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How‐to Resources for Conducting Qualitative Research in Medical Education

General qualitative methods
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Qualitative research textbooks
1. Creswell JW, Poth CN. Qualitative inquiry and research design: choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2017.
2. Creswell JW. Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2014.
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Qualitative data analysis
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Grounded theory
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Phenomenology
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Ethnography
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Interviews
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Focus groups
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Document analysis
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    ting to understand the notion of validity in qualitative inquiry.There is a general consensus, however, that qualitat. ve inquirers need to demonstrate that their studies are credible. To this end, severa. authors iden-tify common procedures for establishing validity inJohn W. Creswell is professor of educational psychology at the University of ...

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    Lincoln and Guba (1985) have proposed four alternatives for assessing the trustworthiness of qualitative research, that is, credibility, dependability, conformability, and transferability. In 1994, the authors added a fifth criterion referred to as authenticity. ... Creswell J. W. (2013). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among ...

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    In addition, Creswell believes Lincoln and Guba's criteria of trustworthiness, credibility and authenticity should be employed when evaluating qualiatative research. Creswell (1998) applies the standard of verification in 5 traditions : Biography (p. 204-207); phenomenology (207-208); grounded theory (208-210); ethnography (210-213; and case ...

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    A third perspective on trustworthiness offered by Lincoln and Guba (1985) is dependability, or the trust in trustworthy. In qualitative research in which researchers, both producers and consumers, actively build their trust in the. events as they unfold, there are a few concrete research practices that not only.

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    Ensuring trustworthiness is crucial in establishing the credibility and reliability of qualitative findings, given their subjective nature [6]. The concept of trustworthiness in qualitative research comprises various essential elements, such as credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability [2], [6], [7], [8], [9].

  10. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design

    In this Third Edition of his bestselling text John W. Creswell explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. In his signature accessible writing style, the author relates research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry.

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    Specific best practice methods used in the sampling and data collection processes to increase the rigor and trustworthiness of qualitative research include: clear rationale for sampling design decisions, determination of data saturation, ... Creswell J. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Res Des. 2013:1-26. [Google Scholar ...

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    Nevertheless, researchers new to qualitative inquiry can benefit from understanding professional debates that have occurred to date about terms such as "validation," "verification," "credibility," and "trustworthiness." Creswell and Poth (2018) trace such dialogue from early writings with positivist orientations (e.g., LeCompte ...

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    In their qualitative study on nurses' confusion and uncertainty with cardiac monitoring, Nickasch, Marnocha, Grebe, Scheelk, and Kuehl (2016) addressed trustworthiness in a number of ways. Trustworthiness or truth value of qualitative research and transparency of the conduct of the study are crucial to the usefulness and integrity of the ...

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    The two texts by Creswell 2008 and 2009 are clear and practical. 1, 2 In 2008, the British Medical Journal offered a series of short essays on qualitative research; the references provided are easily read and digested. 3 -,8 For those wishing to pursue qualitative research in more detail, a suggestion is to start with the appropriate chapters ...

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    The case for qualitative research, in this regard, is more complicated as qualitative research is an in-depth study that increases the subjectivity of results. Koch & Harrington (1998) view qualitative research as subjective with involved researcher bias, lacking trustworthiness and generalizability.

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    Issues of trustworthiness in qualitative leisure research, often demonstrated through particular techniques of reliability and/or validity, is often either nonexistent, unsubstantial, or unexplained.

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    Thorne (2000) characterized data analysis as the most complex phase of qualitative research, and one that receives the least thoughtful discussion in the literature. Data analysis conducted in a systematic approach can be transparently communicated to others (Malterud, 2001; Sandelowski, 1995).Qualitative researchers often omit a detailed description of how analysis is conducted within ...

  23. Establishing trustworthiness in qualitative research

    In order to manage these threats to trustworthiness, qualitative researchers must engage in a variety of strategies in order to describe research findings in a way that authentically represents the meanings as described by the participants (Creswell, 1998, 2003; Horsburgh, 2003; Lincoln and Guba, 1985; Padgett, 1998).

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    Shenton A. Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects. Educ Inform 2004:63-75. 8. Kahlke R. The qualitative quality conversation. ... Qualitative research textbooks: 1. Creswell JW, Poth CN. Qualitative inquiry and research design: choosing among five approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2017.