EBP#2 Chpt 26: Trustworthiness and Rigor in Qualitative Research

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers the criteria, perspectives, and strategies for ensuring trustworthiness and rigor in qualitative research based on the Lincoln-Guba framework.

Lincoln–Guba Framework

A framework concerning the “trustworthiness” of qualitative data and analysis, encompassing five specific criteria.

Credibility

Confidence in the truth of the data and interpretations of them, enhanced by carrying out the study in a way that increases the believability of findings.

Dependability

The stability or reliability of data over time and conditions.

Confirmability

A criterion ensuring that data represents participants rather than researchers.

Transferability

The extent to which findings can be transferred to or have applicability in other settings or groups.

Authenticity

The extent to which researchers fairly and faithfully show a range of realities.

Criticality

The researcher’s critical appraisal of every research decision.

Integrity

Demonstrated by ongoing self-scrutiny to enhance the likelihood that interpretations are valid and grounded in the data.

Data and Method Triangulation

The use of multiple referents (such as data, time, space, person, or method) to draw conclusions about what constitutes truth.

Member Checking

Providing feedback to participants to verify results, which may involve Synthesized member checking (SMC).

Investigator Triangulation

The use of two or more researchers to make coding, analysis, and interpretation decisions.

Theory Triangulation

The use of competing theories or hypotheses in analyzing and interpreting data.

Analysis Triangulation

Using two or more analytic techniques to analyze the same set of data.

Researcher Credibility

The focus on the researcher's qualifications and experience as a tool for establishing the quality of the study.

Is the following statement true or false? There are relatively few controversies that surround the issue of quality in qualitative studies.

False. Several controversies surround the issue of quality in qualitative studies, one of which involves terminology.

Is the following statement true or false? When preparing a qualitative research report, it is important to ensure adequate information concerning the project’s trustworthiness is included.

True. Qualitative researchers must actively ensure project trustworthiness while balancing quality-enhancement strategies with the limitations imposed by journal page constraints and the need for detailed context and verbatim accounts.