Rigor With or Without Templates? The Pursuit of Methodological Rigor in Qualitative Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 109442812093778
Author(s):  
Bill Harley ◽  
Joep Cornelissen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reasoning Process ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Practical Recommendations ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

The domain of qualitative research is replete with templates, standard protocols for the analysis of qualitative data. The use of such templates has sometimes been considered as automatically enhancing the rigor of qualitative research. In this article, we challenge the view that in the context of qualitative research, rigor is tied into the application of established protocols. Instead, we argue that rigor emanates from the way in which researchers engage in a deliberate reasoning process of inferring theoretical claims from their data. Such reasoning exists outside of templates, although it may make use of templates. Framing rigor as an emergent quality of reasoning, we distill the main processes through which qualitative researchers derive inferences from data and provide criteria for reflecting on the rigor with which they do so. We then extend these criteria into a set of practical recommendations through the presentation of examples and the framing of questions to focus researchers’ thinking on the application of the criteria. In doing so, we aim to help qualitative researchers to conduct research that leads to rigorously derived theoretical insights without having to resort to templates to attempt to do so.

Efektivitas Prinsip Komunikasi Islam Guru dalam Pembinaan Karakter Komunikasi Siswa Kelas X MAN Rantauprapat

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Junita Junita ◽  
Zainuddin Zainuddin ◽  
Ibnu Hajar ◽  
Rahma Muti’ah ◽  
Marlina Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Way

This study aims to obtain a concrete picture of the effectiveness of the application of the principles of teacher Islamic communication in fostering the character of tenth grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Rantauprapat. The communication process in education is not only understood as a one-way knowledge transfer process, however, there must be a serious effort on the part of the educator / teacher, as a communicator, to be able to provide good role models. Qualitative research methods try to understand a phenomenon as the understanding of the respondents studied, with an emphasis on the subjective aspects of one's behavior. Qualitative research provides an opportunity for researchers to understand the way respondents describe the world around them based on the way they think. The researcher tries to enter the conceptual world of the subject under study to capture what and how things happen. Data collection techniques used in this study were interviews in this study researchers used a semi-structured interview (semitructure interview), namely: interviews in the category of in-depth interviews. Data about the application of teacher Islamic communication and the communication character of tenth grade students, data analysis used in this study during the field using the Miles and Huberman Model, namely the activities in qualitative data analysis are carried out interactively and continue continuously until completion, so that the data is already saturated.

Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection and Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 697-713
Author(s):  
Cees Th Smit Sibinga
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
External Influence ◽  
Collection And Management ◽  
Fair Chance ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection ◽  
The Way

Qualitative data collection is largely defined by the personal experience and opinions of the examinee. The examinee is central in the approach, and not so much the researcher. The essence is a communication between the researcher and the examinee, where interpretation of both the questions asked and the answers provided serves the purpose of understanding. This type of research is interpretative and almost exclusively subjective, because the personal or subjective way of understanding and interpretation is central. However, there is certainly a serious possibility for external influence on the answers to be provided or even the way answers are interpreted. Additionally, there is a fair chance that the questions are phrased towards expected answers. There are various moments where ethics are paramount to the quality and acceptability of the research. To protect objectivity, ethical professionalism and professional morale are important. This chapter aims to describe and discuss ethical issues related to collection and management of data from qualitative research.

scholarly journals Proposed Criteria for Systematic Evaluation of Qualitative Oncology Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 523-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Hannum ◽  
Sydney M. Dy ◽  
Katherine C. Smith ◽  
Arif H. Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Oncology Research ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
Clear Explanation ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Oncology Practice

Oncology has made significant advances in standardizing how clinical research is conducted and reported. The advancement of such research that improves oncology practice requires an expansion of not only our research questions but also the research methods we deploy to address them. In particular, there is increasing recognition of the value of qualitative research methods to develop more comprehensive understandings of phenomena of interest and to describe and explain underlying motivations and potential causes of specific outcomes. However, qualitative researchers in oncology have lacked guidance to produce and evaluate methodologically rigorous qualitative publications. In this review, we highlight characteristics of high-quality, methodologically rigorous reports of qualitative research, provide criteria for readers and reviewers to appraise such publications critically, and proffer guidance for preparing publications for submission to Journal of Oncology Practice. Namely, the quality of qualitative research in oncology practice is best assessed according to key domains that include fitness of purpose, theoretical framework, methodological rigor, ethical concerns, analytic comprehensives, and the dissemination/application of findings. In particular, determinations of rigor in qualitative research in oncology practice should consider definitions of the appropriateness of qualitative methods for the research objectives against the setting of current literature, use of an appropriate theoretical framework, inclusion of a rigorous and innovative measurement plan, application of appropriate analytic techniques, and clear explanation and dissemination of the research findings.

Observations on the Theories of Vowel Sounds

1899 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 71-87
Author(s):  
John G. M'Kendrick
Keyword(s):  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Fundamental Tone ◽  
Vocal Cords ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Peculiar Character ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

The quality of the human voice depends on the same laws as those determining the quality, klang-tint, or timbre of the tones produced by any musical instrument. Tones of a mixed character, that is to say, composed of a fundamental and partials, are produced by the vibrations of the true vocal cords, and certain of those partials are strengthened by the resonance of the air in the air-passages, and in the pharyngeal and oral cavities.So strongly may certain of these partials be reinforced, as to obscure or hide the fundamental tone, and give a peculiar character to the sound. These, however, are only general statements, and there are still many difficulties in the way of a true interpretation of voice-tones. In the first place, we observe that we may sing a scale, using one sound for each note, such as la, la, la, etc. Or, by putting the mouth in a certain position, we can pronounce the so-called vowels, a, e, i, o, u (ou as the u in prune), uttering the sounds ah, ā, ē, o, ou. As we do so, we notice that each sound appears to the ear to have a pitch of its own, different from that of the others.

scholarly journals Communicating Qualitative Analytical Results Following Grice’s Conversational Maxims

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Chenail ◽  
Ronald Chenail
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Analytical Results ◽  
Communicative Process ◽  
Scholarly Discussion

Conducting qualitative research can be seen as a developing communication act through which researchers engage in a variety of conversations. Articulating the results of qualitative data analysis results can be an especially challenging part of this scholarly discussion for qualitative researchers. To help guide investigators through this difficult communicative process, the authors suggest Grice’s (1989) Conversational Maxims of Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner as general guidelines to follow when formulating and presenting findings in qualitative research products as well as basic assumptions to guide readers when judging the quality of result representations.

Unrepresentable Justice: Looking for a Postqualitative Theory of Social Change

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780042092226
Author(s):  
Jerry Lee Rosiek
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Political Practice ◽  
Social Inquiry ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Performative Contradiction ◽  
Do So ◽  
Rhetorical Tools ◽  
The Way

I believe posthumanist philosophy promises the possibility of a more robustly ethical and political practice of social inquiry. I do not, however, believe analytic and rhetorical tools have been developed that deliver amply on that promise. This is less a reflection on the quality of efforts to do so, than it is on the scope of the challenge before us. Since this is an essay about what “postqualitative means to me,” I speak from within the desire to see that promise more fully realized and the belief that there is much work yet to be done. Simply stating that concern directly and describing the grounds for it, however, would involve a performative contradiction. It would presume the challenge is an epistemic one that yields to better information and clearer representation. The challenge, however, lies within the limitations of representation itself and the way convention compels us to address our scholarship to a humanist spectator subject, as opposed to seeking to transform the subject of address. This essay, therefore, departs from standard prose conventions in an effort to both do and describe what needs to be done.

Aspects of the Philosophy of Kai Nielsen

Dialogue ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Hugo Meynell
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Special Quality ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

Kai Nielsen is perhaps the most prolific of contemporary philosophers in Canada, as well as one of the most interesting. There are three salient aspects of his philosophy: his Marxism, his anti-foundationalism, and his particular brand of atheism. (The point of that last phrase will become clear in due course.) Among a large number of objections which I have to Nielsen's arguments and conclusions, one in particular stands out. I do not see how anti-fideism can consistently be combined with anti-foundationalism. The essence offideismis that one does not deem it necessary to rationally justify one's (typically religious) position, but one just “plumps for” it. But any justification of a (religious or other) position appears to involve appeal to foundations. Either the reasons in accordance with which a belief or set of beliefs is to be accepted can at least in principle be spelled out; or the belief or set of beliefs is arbitrary and unjustified. Nielsen needs to grasp the former horn of the dilemma to attack religious beliefs in the way he does; but to do so necessarily involves the foundationalism which he also attacks. A lot of the special quality of Nielsen, as a philosopher, comes out in the devices with which he covers over this intellectual crevasse.

scholarly journals Communicating Qualitative Analytical Results Following Grice's Conversational Maxims

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Chenail ◽  
Ronald Chenail
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Analytical Results ◽  
Communicative Process ◽  
Scholarly Discussion

Conducting qualitative research can be seen as a developing communication act through which researchers engage in a variety of conversations. Articulating the results of qualitative data analysis results can be an especially challenging part of this scholarly discussion for qualitative researchers. To help guide investigators through this difficult communicative process, the authors suggest Grice's (1989) Conversational Maxims of Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner as general guidelines to follow when formulating and presenting findings in qualitative research products as well as basic assumptions to guide readers when judging the quality of result representations.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KETERCAPAIAN INDIKATOR STANDAR PROSES PADA MA ADDZURIYATUS SHOLIHIN

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinta Nurhayati ◽  
Leni Redha ◽  
Lastia Laksana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Standard Process ◽  
Maximum Score ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTThis article aims to determine the standard of the research process at MAAdzuriyatus Solihin ciparay Bandung. This research is a qualitative research bycollecting data in the form of observation, interviews and documentation. The results ofthis study indicate that the achievement of process standards at MA Adzuriyatus SolihinCiparay Bandung is 91.42% when compared to the entire maximum score that shouldbe achieved in the standard process. This study recommends in-depth. indicators thathave not been achieved optimally, especially school indicators carry out the learningprocess with a maximum of 36 students in the study group and the teacher conducts goodclassroom management with 12 criteria. According to the author, the principal mustconduct an evaluation and supervision of the way to teach in the class, also conducttraining for teachers who have not been able to achieve standard process indicators.Because in learning the class of educators plays an important role in the learningprocess. This is intended to improve the quality of education and satisfaction ofcommunity expectations.Keynotes: process standards, educators, students

Republished: The Quality of Qualitative Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 439-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave S. Collingridge ◽  
Edwin E. Gantt
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Existential Phenomenology ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

In general, an appreciation of the standards of qualitative research and the types of qualitative data analysis available to researchers have not kept pace with the growing presence of qualitative studies in medical science. To help rectify this problem, the authors clarify qualitative research reliability, validity, sampling, and generalizability. They also provide 3 major theoretical frameworks for data collection and analysis that investigators may consider adopting. These 3 approaches are ethnography, existential phenomenology, and grounded theory. For each, the basic steps of data collection and analysis involved are presented, along with real-life examples of how they can contribute to improving medical care.

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