0000006079 00000 n 0000009195 00000 n Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal’s Web site (www.dccnjournal.com). Lincoln and Guba's1 (1985) standards of validity demonstrate the necessity and convenience of overarching principles to all qualitative research, yet there is a need for a reconceptualization of criteria of validity in qualitative research. One potential threat to validity that researchers need to consider is researcher bias. modify the keyword list to augment your search. 33. Awareness of the limitations of a research study is crucial for researchers. 25. Scientific rigor involves minimizing bias in subject selection and data analysis. A lot of times, rigor is at the backseat in some researchers and doctoral students' work related to their novice abilities, lack of proper mentorship, and issues with time and funding. Johns Hopkins University students in a laboratory. Therefore, the quality of a research is related to generalizability of the result and thereby to the testing and increasing of the validity or trustworthiness of the research. The authors further presented primary (credibility, authenticity, criticality, and integrity) and secondary (explicitness, vividness, creativity, thoroughness, congruence, and sensitivity) validity criteria to be used in the evaluative process.56 Before the work of Whittemore and colleagues,58 Creswell and Miller48 (2000) asserted that the constructivist lens and paradigm choice should guide validity evaluation and procedures from the perspective of the researcher (disconfirming evidence), the study participants (prolonged engagement in the field), and external reviewers/readers (thick, rich description). Through reflexivity and bracketing, I was always on guard of my own biases, assumptions, beliefs, and presuppositions that I might bring to the study but was also aware that complete reduction is not possible. Bracketing was also applied. The audiotaped data were meticulously transcribed by a professional transcriber for future scrutiny. Scientific rigor means implementing the highest standards and best practices of the scientific method and applying those to one’s research. 31. Rigorous learning experiences, for example, help students understand knowledge and concepts that are complex, ambiguous, or contentious, and they help students acquire skills that can … %PDF-1.4 %���� customerservice@lww.com. Morse29 (1999) stated, “Is the terminology worth making a fuzz about?”, when Lincoln and Guba1 (1985) described trustworthiness and reliability and validity as analogs. Analysis in qualitative research refers to the categorization and ordering of information in such a way as to make sense of the data and to writing a final report that is true and accurate.36 Every effort was made to coordinate methodological and analytical materials. A synthesis of validity criteria development is summarized in Supplemental Digital Content 3 (see Supplemental Digital Content 3, http://links.lww.com/DCCN/A20).