TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity in qualitative research revisited
AU - Cho, Jeasik
AU - Trent, Allen
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Research validity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33746256940&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1468794106065006
DO - 10.1177/1468794106065006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746256940
VL - 6
SP - 319
EP - 340
JO - Qualitative Research
JF - Qualitative Research
SN - 1468-7941
IS - 3
ER -