But is it rigorous? Trustworthiness and authenticity in naturalistic evaluation

Abstract

The emergence of a new paradigm of inquiry (naturalistic) has, unsurprisingly enough, led to a demand for rigorous criteria that meet traditional standards of inquiry. Two sets are suggested, one of which, the “trustworthiness” criteria, parallels conventional criteria, while the second, “authenticity” criteria, is implied directly by new paradigm assumptions.

Assessing Students’ Impressions of the Cultural Awareness of Pharmacy Faculty and Students

“…18 To establish rigor for our qualitative focus group data analysis, the researchers used several strategies appropriate to ensure the trustworthiness, credibility, and replicability. [20][21][22] The three analytic team members used bracketing, multiple coders, and peer debriefing. 20 By bracketing, they recognized the potential of bringing personal preconceptions, prejudices, or beliefs about the study being investigated, and bracketing allowed each analytic team member to guard against personal biases and presuppositions during data coding and interpretation.…”

“…The final four emergent themes were identified following the guidance of Lincoln and Guba, ie, when researchers come to the point of saturation when there are no more unassigned data items, and researchers agreed that there are no more perceived ambiguities of classification. 21 Institutional review board approval for this study was obtained from the campus Office for the Protection of Research Subjects.…”

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“…Rigour in qualitative research refers to the quality of the research process, evidenced by features such as credibility, dependability, confirmability and transparency. 27 For the ALSWH, the concept of rigour is considered in terms of the quality of the research process: from initial steps to anonymise the data through to iterations of coding and categorising, with the key being analytic reflexivity. Rigorous qualitative research must be both transparent and explicit.…”

The Importance of Source: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Undergraduate Students’ Attitudes Toward Genetically Modified Food

“…Elaboration was also identified by determining if participants used prior experiences to evaluate the message or identified a probable behavioral change as described in the ELM (Petty et al, 2009). There were several measures taken to ensure trustworthiness of the study (Lincoln & Guba, 1986). Credibility was established through data triangulation and member checking with interview participants.…”