Qualitative Research · 2006 · 1K citations · 45 references
Social SciencesKnowledge ManagementEpistemologyEthnographyMethod ValidationContent ValidityInterpretive MethodologyQualitative AnalysisQualitative Research MethodsTest ValidityValidity EvidenceCriteria Of ValidityMethodological Validity
Validity concerns in qualitative research have risen, traditionally centering on the correspondence between researchers’ claims and participants’ constructed reality, yet recent literature identifies two distinct approaches. The authors propose a recursive, process‑oriented view of validity as an alternative framework. They categorize the existing approaches as transactional validity and transformational validity. The authors conclude that neither transactional nor transformational validity alone adequately meets the field’s current needs.
Concerns with the issues of validity in qualitative research have dramatically increased. Traditionally, validity in qualitative research involved determining the degree to which researchers’ claims about knowledge corresponded to the reality (or research participants’ construction of reality) being studied. The authors note that recent trends have shown the emergence of two quite different approaches to the validity question within the literature on qualitative research. The authors categorize and label these ‘transactional’ validity and ‘transformational’ validity. While useful, the authors assert that neither approach is sufficient to meet the current needs of the field. The authors propose a recursive, process-oriented view of validity as an alternative framework.
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