| 5 - reliability and validity of qualitative research Dr | See our and for details |
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| How to test or maximise the validity as a result the reliability of a qualitative study? researchers provide each research participant with an account of what they have said to the researcher in interviews and conversations or of observations of participants in observational studies | Respondent or member validation - a process whereby researchers provide the people on whom they have conducted research with an account of their findings |
respondent validation may occasion defensive reactions and even censorship on the part of research participants.
22| Validity applicability in qualitative research is an issue! the researcher feeds back to a group or an organization their impressions and findings in relation to that group or organization | it is highly questionable whether research participants can validate a researcher's analysis, since this entails inferences being made for an audience of social science peers |
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