Redefining Qualitative Methods: Believability in the Fifth Moment
By John A. H. Lewis. 2009
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In this article the author addresses the history of reliability and validity in qualitative research as this method of inquiry has progressed through various paradigms. The importance of the concepts of reliability and validity in research findings is traced from the traditional era, where there was only a modest distinction between qualitative and quantitative researchers involving their definitions of research reliability and validity, through the current era, where some researchers question the need to be restricted in their research by attempting to control for or account for the reliability and validity of their research findings. The author rejects a strict need for reliability and validity as traditionally defined in quantitative research and outlines a less restrictive approach to ensuring reliability and validity in qualitative research.
Subfields: Education, General Health Professions, Management Science and Operations Research
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In Education
In General Health Professions
In Management Science and Operations Research
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- Validity in Qualitative Evaluation (2015, background): “What criteria are preferred for ‘‘good’’ qualitative research will always be dependent on one’s scientific world view, and these preferences can change over different time periods (Lewis, 2009).”