Assessing quality in qualitative research

By N. Mays, C. Pope. British medical journal, 2000

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Critically appraising qualitative research (2008, background): “Transferability may be helped by the study’s discussion of how its results advance theoretical understandings that are relevant to multiple situations. For example, a study of patients’ preferences in palliative care may contribute to theories of ethics and humanity in medicine, thus suggesting rele”
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA): A Qualitative Methodology of Choice in Healthcare Research (2008, background): “…the case in exploring health behaviors relating to patients and their psychological response to treatment, and in examining organizational behaviors such as implementing the process of change and modernizing health service delivery (Murphy & Dingwall, 2001; Mays & Pope, 2000; Murphy et al., 1998).”
Qualitative Case Study Methodology: Study Design and Implementation for Novice Researchers (2008, background): “General guidelines for critically appraising qualitative research have also been published (e.g., Forchuk & Roberts, 1993; Mays & Pope, 2000).”
Reliability in Coding Open-Ended Data: Lessons Learned from HIV Behavioral Research (2004, methodology): “Although this procedure is a standard in qualitative data analysis, assessing the degree to which coders can agree on codes (intercoder reliability) is a contested part of this process (Armstrong et al. 1997; Mays and Pope 2000).”
Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology (2012, background): “I have drawn from several sources but particularly acknowledge the contribution of Mays and Pope (2000), Mays et al., (2007), who have written extensively on this issue in health research and Uwe Flick, Lucy Yardley and Jonathan Smith who consider the importance of quality and validity when…”
Developing and Implementing a Triangulation Protocol for Qualitative Health Research (2006, background): “It must be pointed out, however, that the fundamental strategy for ensuring rigor in qualitative research is still “systematic, self conscious research design, data collection, interpretation, and communication” (Mays & Pope, 2000, p. 52).”
What are scoping studies? A review of the nursing literature. (2009, background): “…research, although the criteria to address the issue of rigour is judged differently (Mays et al., 2005), transparency, credibility, validity and relevance of findings that is grounded in the evidence, is equally applicable (Guba and Lincoln, 2005; Mays and Pope, 2000; Dixon-Woods et al., 2004).”