Week 5

Question 1

What is rigour?

Answer 1

Term used to denote reliability/trustworthiness

The appropriateness of the methodological choice made by the researcher

Question 2

What are some of the aspects of trustworthiness?

Answer 2

Used to assess quality of qualitative research 
Credibility
Dependability 
Transferability 
Confirmability

Question 3

What is validity?

Answer 3

The extent to which research does what it indents to do

• have you measured what you said you’re measuring
• does it answer the question

Question 4

What is reliability?

Answer 4

The extent to which the findings of the research can be replicated
- are the results consistent over time

Question 5

What is generalisability?

Answer 5

The extent to which the findings can be applied to the broader population/different contexts

Question 6

What is credibility?

Answer 6

The findings make sense

• member checking - participants review interpretation
• prolonged time in the field
• triangulation
• peer debriefing - peers of the researcher review the data

Question 7

What is inter code reliability?

Answer 7

Independent researcher codes the data

Checks performed about similarity in codes used, how they have been applied and the conclusions drawn

Question 8

What is triangulation?

Answer 8

Using different methods to address the question from different perspectives

Question 9

What is negative case analysis?

Answer 9

Researchers challenge their own assumptions and become aware of alternatives

Question 10

What is dependability?

Answer 10

Research been conducted in a dependable way

• develop an audit trail - description of research from start to finish
• thick description - provide adequate detail about process, context and interpretation

Question 11

What is transferability?

Answer 11

The potential for findings to be transferred to another setting

• thoroughly describing the research context/assumptions
• provide depth when discussing results
• context accuracy - check your theory/models have been interpreted correctly

Question 12

What is Confirmability?

Answer 12

Confirmation of the researcher’s position and influence

• post analysis data audit - is there any scope for potential bias?
• reflexivity - researchers awareness of themselves and their relationship with the research

Question 13

What is personal reflexivity?

Answer 13

How the research process affects the researcher

Question 14

What is epistemological reflexivity?

Answer 14

Looks at how the research question/methodology limits what can be learned