Process guidelines for establishing Intercoder Reliability in qualitative studies
Process guidelines for establishing Intercoder Reliability in qualitative studies
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DOI：
10.1177/1468794115577012
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Ranganathan, Meghna
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作者：
MacPhail, Catherine;Khoza, Nomhle;Ranganathan, Meghna
定性访谈越来越多地被用于干预试验。虽然在进行和报告定性分析方面出现了新的协助，但对于从事分组编码过程并对确保足够的编码者可靠性感兴趣的研究人员来说，可用的实用资源有限；两个或更多编码者之间对应用于定性文本的编码的协议量。评估编码的可靠性有助于建立定性结果的可信度。我们在南非年轻妇女行为预防艾滋病毒试验的背景下讨论了我们计算ICR的经验，该试验涉及多轮纵向定性数据收集。我们记录了我们在这项研究中为改进ICR而采取的步骤，改进ICR面临的挑战，以及该过程对定性数据分析的价值。因此，我们提供了指导方针，供其他研究人员在着手大型定性项目时考虑。
Qualitative interviews are increasingly being utilized within the context of intervention trials. While there is emerging assistance for conducting and reporting qualitative analysis, there are limited practical resources available for researchers engaging in a group coding process and interested in ensuring adequate Intercoder Reliability (ICR); the amount of agreement between two or more coders for the codes applied to qualitative text. Assessing the reliability of the coding helps establish the credibility of qualitative findings. We discuss our experience calculating ICR in the context of a behavioural HIV prevention trial for young women in South Africa which involves multiple rounds of longitudinal qualitative data collection. We document the steps that we took to improve ICR in this study, the challenges to improving ICR, and the value of the process to qualitative data analysis. As a result, we provide guidelines for other researchers to consider as they embark on large qualitative projects.