Rigor in Qualitative
Research: Trustworthiness
PRESENTERS:
ANGELIQUE BARQUILLA
ROWENA DUNDING
JHUVIE APRYLE ANN SUMAGAYSAY
What is rigor in qualitative research:
trustworthiness?
• The
authors further defined rigor as the strength of
the research design and the appropriateness of
the method to answer the questions.
•
Trustworthiness is used as the central concept in their
framework to appraise the rigor of a qualitative
study. Trustworthiness is described in different ways
by researchers.
TRUSTWORTHINESS
• For quantitative studies, it is referred to as
validity and reliability. However, in qualitative
studies, this concept is more obscure because
it is put in different terms.
How do you assess trustworthiness in
qualitative research?
• A qualitative researcher can use inquiry audit in order
to establish dependability, which requires an outside
person to review and examine the research process
and the data analysis in order to ensure that the
findings are consistent and could be repeated.
What is the importance of rigor in qualitative
research?
• As
in any research paradigm, the goal of
quality and rigor in qualitative research is to
minimize the risk of bias and maximize the
accuracy and credibility of research results.
Data trustworthiness has four key components:
• Credibility
• Transferability
• Dependability
• Confirmability.
How do you know if qualitative research is
credible?
• There
are four aspects of trustworthiness that
qualitative researchers must establish: credibility,
dependability, transferability, and confirmability.
CREDIBILITY
• Credibility is described with the terms “Authentic”
and “Accurate” .
• It is seen as the most important aspect or criterion
in establishing trustworthiness.
• Credibility essentially asks the researcher to clearly
link the research study’s findings with reality in
order to demonstrate the truth of the research
study’s findings.
CREDIBILITY
• Credibility
is the how confident the qualitative
researcher is in the truth of the research study’s
findings. This boils down to the question of “How
do you know that your findings are true and
accurate?”.