Chapter 2 Review - Critically Assessing Qualitative Data

Question 1

4 Criteria of Trustworthiness

Answer 1

Authenticity
Portability
Precision
Impartiality

Question 2

Authenticity (Definition and Prerequisite)

Answer 2

To what extent is the recorded data a genuine reflection of reality?
Needed: credibility.
- methods reported and justified?
- broader lit
- limitations
- detailed findings?
- member checks?

Question 3

Precision (Definition and Prerequisite)

Answer 3

The extent to which a researcher has produced accurate results based on precise methods
Needed: Dependability 
- reported findings
- detailed findings
- research team? 
- peer reviewed

Question 4

Portability (Definition and Prerequisite)

Answer 4

The ability to export lessons from one set of cases to draw conclusions about another set of studies
Transferability
- scope conditions
- detailed methods and findings
- discussion on limits and generalizability

Question 5

Impartiality (Definition and Prerequisite)

Answer 5

The extent to which a study offers findings based on evidence, not opinion.
Needed: comfirmability
- member checks
- original data available 
- potential conflicts reported?
- peer review

Question 6

Three Steps of Skimming Articles

Answer 6

Lay of the land
Deep dive
Reflect