NSE222 Week 9 Rigour Lincoln and Guba’s Criteria for Trustworthiness

credibility

confidence in the interpretation of the truth in the study

credibility

member checking: presenting the participants with the results or analysis of the study and seeking their feedback, corrections, or additional insights

credibility

peer-debriefing: sessions with peers specifically designed to ellicit critical feedback

credibility

prolonged engagement/persistent observation: investing sufficient time onto the field to have in-depth understanding of the setting and participants

credibility

prolonged engagement/persistent observation: investing sufficient time onto the field to have in-depth understanding of the setting and participants

credibility

negative case analysis/deviant case analysis: a specific search for cases that appear to contradict patterns or explanations emerging from data analysis

credibility

audio recording and verbatim description

dependability

stability of data over time and over conditions (repetition)

dependability

inquiry audit: a formal scrutiny of the data and relevant supporting documents and decisions by an external reviewer

• reviewing the audit trail

confirmability

the objectivity of data. findings reflect extent to which findings can be applied in other setting and groups, not researcher biases

confirmability

triangulation: use of multiple data sources (time, space, person), investigator, method, theory

confirmability

audit trail: transparent description of the research steps taken from the start of research project to the development and reporting of findings

confirmability

reflexivity: via bracketing, acknowledging your role in research

transferability

thick description: vivid portrayal of study participants, their context, and the phenomenon under study

• enable reader’s judgement of ?

transferability

data saturation: enough data collected to form a conclusion

authenticity

extent to which researcher fairly and faithfully show a range of different realities

transferability

extent to which findings can be applied in other setting and groups