Thank you so much for explaining this method of determining the quality of research. I have one question, why should a researcher use these five criteria instead of validity and reliability In qualitative research?
Marico, That’s a great question. You may occasionally see the terms reliability and validity used when discussing qualitative research in the nursing discipline. However, most researchers reserve the terms reliability and validity exclusively for quantitative research. The rationale behind that distinction is that the “pure” definition of reliability in research is typically thought of in terms of consistency with measurement. For example, in a quantitative study, would a survey yield similar/consistent results if given to the same study participants three weeks apart? That is an example of one type of reliability, test-retest reliability. It is describing qualities of the measurement instrument (survey). Qualitative studies do not use close-ended surveys like this. Instead, qualitative studies may use interviews, diaries, focus groups, observation, etc. As a qualitative researcher, I do not expect that every interview is going to yield perfectly consistent data. I understand as a qualitative researcher that I will get data that is unique to each individual and the context within which they exist. While I do look for patterns in interview data when analyzing the data, I do not want my interview questions to yield exactly the same data. Therefore, reliability does not apply to this situation. That’s why you’ll rarely see the term reliability discussed with regard to qualitative research. You may see validity discussed sometimes because it deals with measuring what we are supposed to be measuring (choosing the right type of data collection approach to match our research questions to yield the appropriate type of data-simplified). To make a long story shorter, the underlying philosophies of doing quantitative and qualitative research are unique. Please let me know if this doesn’t make sense.
@@jennybarrow8635 I have been occupied with exams lately and forgot to thank you. Your explanation helped me understand the purpose of the measurements in qualitative research. It is really appreciated as it can be hard to find as precise and clarifying points as your comment. Thanks (Y)
Hello! Sorry if I unable to address you well. I am currently doing a qualitative study and interested to know more about the transferability section. It's stated there 'research report must include a thick description for transferability to exist'. My question: The research report mentioned refers to our own study, or the previous study to make the study able to conduct in our place? Second question: Usually, this trustworthiness section usually write after data collection (Chapter 4) or can be written before data collected (chapter 3 methodology chapters). Thank you!
I want to know, Is qualitative study the best option right now? I want to conduct a research about student literacy, but I still don't know what question problem which can make the method is qualitative. Really want to hear your answer. Thank you
