Understanding and evaluating qualitative research
Understanding and evaluating qualitative research
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DOI：
10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01100.x
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发表时间：
2002-12-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Davidson, L
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作者：
Fossey, E;Harvey, C;Davidson, L
定性研究旨在解决与发展对人类生活和社会世界的意义和经验维度的理解有关的问题。好的定性研究的核心是研究参与者的主观意义、行为和他们所理解的社会背景是否被阐明。本文旨在为初学者和那些不熟悉定性研究的人提供一个指导原则，以指导对定性研究的设计、实施、结果和解释的评估。它将读者引导到两个哲学角度，解释性和批判性研究范式，这两种范式都是心理健康研究中最常用的定性研究方法的基础，以及定性研究是如何评估的。评估质量的标准与定性研究中的伦理标准是相互关联的。它们包括在进行定性研究时的良好做法原则，以及在解释定性数据时的可信性原则。本文回顾了这些标准，并讨论了如何使用它们来评估研究报告中提出的定性研究。这些原则也为初学者进行合理的定性研究提供了一些指导。
Qualitative research aims to address questions concerned with developing an understanding of the meaning and experience dimensions of humans' lives and social worlds. Central to good qualitative research is whether the research participants' subjective meanings, actions and social contexts, as understood by them, are illuminated. This paper aims to provide beginning researchers, and those unfamiliar with qualitative research, with an orientation to the principles that inform the evaluation of the design, conduct, findings and interpretation of qualitative research. It orients the reader to two philosophical perspectives, the interpretive and critical research paradigms, which underpin both the qualitative research methodologies most often used in mental health research, and how qualitative research is evaluated. Criteria for evaluating quality are interconnected with standards for ethics in qualitative research. They include principles for good practice in the conduct of qualitative research, and for trustworthiness in the interpretation of qualitative data. The paper reviews these criteria, and discusses how they may be used to evaluate qualitative research presented in research reports. These principles also offer some guidance about the conduct of sound qualitative research for the beginner qualitative researcher.