Question

Explain the various strategies used to promote qualitative research validity/trustworthiness/rigor. Then, take one of these strategies and compare it to a quantitative strategy addressing similar issues of rigor.

Answer 1

strategies of qualitative research validity/trustworthiness/rigor:

• credibility: it is otherwise called internal validity. it mainly depends upon the richness of data than the quantity of data.
• transferability: it is otherwise called external validity. this means the results are generalised and can be applied toother setting similar to this.
• dependability: it is otherwise known as reliability.this is important for other researchers who want to replicate the study.
• confirmability: it is usually used to evaluate the results.
• it usually emphasizes word ratherthan quantity oc collection and analysis of data.
• it has rejected the practices and norms of the natural scientific model.

comparison of one strategy between qualitative and quantitave with the similar issue of rigor:

• rigor in qualitative research is used as the central concept to appraise the rigor of a qualitative study. it refers to quality. authenticity. and trustfullness of finding qualitative research,
• rigor in quantitative research refers to the soundness or precision of a study in terms of planning. data cpollection. analysis and reporting.

crediability in qualitative studt is depend upon the richness of data , its quality, its characteristics but thecrediability in quantitative data depends upon the quantity of data, no of data present in study. as an issue of rigor the data collector should thorough and being open to collect qualitative data in quality study and the collector should thorough in collecting quantified data in quantitative study.

for example:

among people how many smokers and non smokers are there and after implementing action what is the number of outcome is measured as quantitative rigor.

but among those people who are smoker a nd non smoker their characteristics and generalisation of smoking. the cause of smoking, cause effect relationship is qualitative rigor.