Trustworthiness of Qualitative Analysis
The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation also has a great resource to understand the evaluative criteria for qualitative research. They cite the measures outlined by Lincoln and Guba (1985) to establish:
Credibility – confidence in the “truth” of the findings
Transferability – showing that the findings have applicability in other contexts
Dependability – showing that the findings are consistent and could be repeated
Confirmability - a degree of neutrality or the extent to which the findings of a study are shaped by the respondents and not researcher bias, motivation, or interest
These measures include:
Techniques for establishing credibility
Prolonged engagement
Persistent observation
Triangulation
Peer debriefing
Negative case analysis
Referential adequacy
Member-checking
Techniques for establishing transferability
Thick description
Techniques for establishing dependability
Inquiry audit
Techniques for establishing confirmability
Confirmability audit
Audit trail
Triangulation
Reflexivity
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