Reliability and validity Qualitative Research

Question 1

Why can’t qualitative research never reach the same consistency of a carefully-designed quantitative experiment?

Answer 1

They do not offer nearly as enough control, and also it would defeat the whole point of qualitative research, which is to collect subjective viewpoints.

Question 2

4 terms used in qualitative research evaluation

Answer 2

• Transferability
• Dependability
• Credibility
• Confirmability

Question 3

Instead of using reliability and validity to establish a study’s ‘truth’, ___________ should be used to establish a study’s ‘trustworthiness’.

Answer 3

credibility