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Week 5: Chapter 13: the role of rigour in qualitative research 

rigour and trustworthiness of a qualitative research article by considering the following key criteria: credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. 1. CREDIBILITY:  n evaluation of whether the research findings represent a ‘credible’ conceptual interpretation of the data drawn from the participants’ original data  study by Ruddock-Hudson et al. (2012), the researchers used a technique called ‘member checking’  technique involved evaluating the accuracy of transcription: One quarter of the sample was randomly selected and sent copies of the transcripts to review, to ensure that the interviews had reflected what they had said.  enhance credibility is to use triangulation, whereby a study uses at least three methods, with the aim of double or triple checking the results 2. TRANSFERABILITY:  indicates to what extent the study findings can be generalised or applied to other individuals or groups, contexts or settings  indicates the degree to which qualitative findings inform and facilitate insights within other contexts, other than that in which the research was conducted. 3. DEPENDABILITY AND CONFIRMABILITY:  Dependability is an assessment of the quality of the integrated processes of data collection, data analysis and theory generation  confirmability is a measure of how well the inquiry’s findings are supported by the data collected Workshop guide notes: 1. Methods for collecting qualitative data Once a researcher has decided upon a research question and a design, the next considerations are: 1. Data: what methods are going to be used to collect data? 2. Procedures: how is the data going to be analysed? 3. Written and verbal reports: how is the data going to be presented? For example, is it going to be a report, a journal article, an oral presentation etc. 1. Rigour in qualitative research:  rigour is used to broadly describe the measures put in place by researchers to ensure the quality of the study  Rigour is essential so that the findings from the research can be trusted enough to make an impact Trustworthiness; 1. • Credibility: Do the research results seem believable? 2. • Transferability: Could the research findings or methods be transferred from one group to another? 3. • Dependability: Can we follow what the researcher has done in designing the study, collecting the data, and interpreting it? 4. • Confirmability: How well are the study’s findings supported by the data collected? (This might be established by an independent audit that can evaluate the degree and significance of researcher influence.)  trustworthiness of the research is an important part of the critical appraisal of qualitative research...