Text ch.2b

Question 1

Define each term: 4 parts of Trustworthiness

Answer 1

Authenticity: recorded data are a genuine reflection of reality
-To what extent is the recorded data a genuine reflection of reality?

Precision: results offer accurate account of reality, based on ability of other researchers to
reach similar conclusions

Portability: results applicable in some way
to other environments

Impartiality: results offer accurate account of
reality, based on ability of other researchers to
reach similar conclusions

Question 2

Authenticity vs. Credibility

Answer 2

Authenticity: is the recorded data a genuine reflection of reality?

Credibility: does the data provide a believable depiction of the subject under study?

Question 3

What to look for when judging dependability?6

Answer 3

• Is the methodology
clearly reported and
justified?
• Are detailed findings
reported?
• Is there a research team?
• Is intercoder testing,
assessment reported?
• Is computerized coding
reported?
• Is the research peer
reviewed?

Question 4

Strategy to assess trustworthiness of qualitative research: As the reader, As the researcher look for these 15 things

Answer 4

1. background of researcher and who they were funded by
2. research team or just one person
3. wherre the research is being published, is it peer reviewed
4. is methodology and results clearly presented
5. are sources they use valid/literature review
   - able to situate their research within the past research
   - quality of their own sources
6. do they state their own limitations
7. do they acknowledge research that does not meet their results or beliefs
8. what did their research contribute
9. population parameter and sample (sample size and selection)
10. ethics acknowledgement
11. relevant factors and topics; discussing potential future research areas
12. acknowledge biases/partisanship
13. portability?
14. coding
15. proper conceptualization of definitions

Question 5

define portability and transferability

Answer 5

portability – results
applicable in some way to
other environments.

transferability –the ability
to export lessons from
one set of cases to draw
conclusions about another
set of cases

Question 6

Three main questions in Transferability

Answer 6

• Is the methodology clearly
reported and justified?
• Are detailed findings
reported?
• Are limitations of the study,
scope conditions, etc.
discussed?