Critical Analysis of Strategies for Determining Rigor in Qualitative Inquiry
Critical Analysis of Strategies for Determining Rigor in Qualitative Inquiry
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DOI：
10.1177/1049732315588501
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发表时间：
2015-09-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Morse, Janice M.
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作者：
Morse, Janice M.
确定定性研究可信度的标准是由Guba和林肯在20世纪80年代提出的，当时他们用可靠性、可信度和可转移性取代了用于实现严谨性、可靠性、有效性和可概括性的术语。还介绍了实现可信度的战略。这一对定性研究的里程碑式贡献至今仍在使用，只是在格式上做了微小的修改。尽管这一贡献在过去四十年中具有重要意义，但为实现可信赖性而建议的策略尚未得到严格审查。关于在哪里、为什么以及如何使用这些策略的建议还没有被制定出来，它们如何实现预期目标也没有被研究。例如，我们不知道这些策略对已完成的研究有什么影响。在这篇文章中，我对这些策略进行了批判。我建议定性研究者回归社会科学术语，使用严谨性、可靠性、有效性和普遍性。然后，我提出了建议，以实现严谨性的建议策略的适当使用：长期参与，持续观察，厚，丰富的描述;评分员之间的可靠性，负面的情况下分析;同行评议或汇报;澄清研究人员的偏见;成员检查;外部审计;和三角测量。
Criteria for determining the trustworthiness of qualitative research were introduced by Guba and Lincoln in the 1980s when they replaced terminology for achieving rigor, reliability, validity, and generalizability with dependability, credibility, and transferability. Strategies for achieving trustworthiness were also introduced. This landmark contribution to qualitative research remains in use today, with only minor modifications in format. Despite the significance of this contribution over the past four decades, the strategies recommended to achieve trustworthiness have not been critically examined. Recommendations for where, why, and how to use these strategies have not been developed, and how well they achieve their intended goal has not been examined. We do not know, for example, what impact these strategies have on the completed research. In this article, I critique these strategies. I recommend that qualitative researchers return to the terminology of social sciences, using rigor, reliability, validity, and generalizability. I then make recommendations for the appropriate use of the strategies recommended to achieve rigor: prolonged engagement, persistent observation, and thick, rich description; inter-rater reliability, negative case analysis; peer review or debriefing; clarifying researcher bias; member checking; external audits; and triangulation.