scholarly journals Validity in Qualitative Research: A Processual Approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Hayashi ◽  
Gustavo Abib ◽  
Norberto Hoppen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Single Test ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
One Step ◽  
Good Research ◽  
Quality Of Research ◽  
Processual Approach

Validity and reliability of research and its results are important elements to provide evidence of the quality of research in the organizational field. However, validity is better evidenced in quantitative studies than in qualitative research studies. As there is diversity within qualitative research methods and techniques, there is no universally accepted criteria to assess validity in qualitative studies; its usefulness is also questioned. Therefore, in this paper, we argue that qualitative research should adopt a processual view approach of validity since it should not be the product of a single test or just one step in the research. Processual validity both supports good research and helps in its reflection and guidance. To illustrate our approach, we present the processual approach adopted by one of the coauthors during the development of a research project. We highlight the validity assurance activities for both ex ante and ex post research, peer review and participation in an international conference, which corroborated the quality of the processual approach and the results that were obtained.

scholarly journals Evaluation complacency or evaluation inertia? A study of evaluative metrics and research practices in Irish universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lai Ma ◽  
Michael Ladisch
Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Quality Of Research

Abstract Evaluative metrics have been used for research assessment in most universities and funding agencies with the assumption that more publications and higher citation counts imply increased productivity and better quality of research. This study investigates the understanding and perceptions of metrics, as well as the influences and implications of the use of evaluative metrics on research practices, including choice of research topics and publication channels, citation behavior, and scholarly communication in Irish universities. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with researchers from the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences in various career stages. Our findings show that there are conflicting attitudes toward evaluative metrics in principle and in practice. The phenomenon is explained by two concepts: evaluation complacency and evaluation inertia. We conclude that evaluative metrics should not be standardized and institutionalized without a thorough examination of their validity and reliability and without having their influences on academic life, research practices, and knowledge production investigated. We also suggest that an open and public discourse should be supported for the discussion of evaluative metrics in the academic community.

scholarly journals Validity and reliability in qualitative research

Curationis ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. I. L. Brink
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Qualitative Work ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Good Research

Validity and reliability are key aspects of all research. Meticulous attention to these two aspects can make the difference between good research and poor research and can help to assure that fellow scientists accept findings as credible and trustworthy. This is particularly vital in qualitative work, where the researcher’s subjectivity can so readily cloud the interpretation of the data, and where research findings are often questioned or viewed with scepticism by the scientific community.

scholarly journals Criteria for Good Qualitative Research: A Comprehensive Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drishti Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Evaluative Criteria ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Good Research ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractThis review aims to synthesize a published set of evaluative criteria for good qualitative research. The aim is to shed light on existing standards for assessing the rigor of qualitative research encompassing a range of epistemological and ontological standpoints. Using a systematic search strategy, published journal articles that deliberate criteria for rigorous research were identified. Then, references of relevant articles were surveyed to find noteworthy, distinct, and well-defined pointers to good qualitative research. This review presents an investigative assessment of the pivotal features in qualitative research that can permit the readers to pass judgment on its quality and to condemn it as good research when objectively and adequately utilized. Overall, this review underlines the crux of qualitative research and accentuates the necessity to evaluate such research by the very tenets of its being. It also offers some prospects and recommendations to improve the quality of qualitative research. Based on the findings of this review, it is concluded that quality criteria are the aftereffect of socio-institutional procedures and existing paradigmatic conducts. Owing to the paradigmatic diversity of qualitative research, a single and specific set of quality criteria is neither feasible nor anticipated. Since qualitative research is not a cohesive discipline, researchers need to educate and familiarize themselves with applicable norms and decisive factors to evaluate qualitative research from within its theoretical and methodological framework of origin.

scholarly journals A collective challenge: Open Science from the perspective of Science Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-430
Author(s):  
Marie Timmermann
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Data Sharing ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Data Management ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Good Research ◽  
Quality Of Research

Open Science aims to enhance the quality of research by making research and its outputs openly available, reproducible and accessible. Science Europe, the association of major Research Funding Organisations and Research Performing Organisations, advocates data sharing as one of the core aspects of Open Science and promotes a more harmonised approach to data sharing policies. Good research data management is a prerequisite for Open Science and data management policies should be aligned as much as possible, while taking into account discipline-specific differences. Research data management is a broad and complex field with many actors involved. It needs collective efforts by all actors to work towards aligned policies that foster Open Science.

Turtles All the Way Down? — On a Quest for Quality in Qualitative Research

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ineke Meulenberg-Buskens
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Research Guidelines ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reflective Discourse ◽  
Quality Of Research

This article focuses on the relationship between the personal and the scientific in qualitative research discourse as an aspect of the quest for quality. While there is of necessity a personal dimension in any type of social science research, in qualitative research the personal takes a prominent place in that the researcher's subjectivity is explicitly used within the research context and appropriated by the methodological discourse. The purpose of methodological discourse is to safeguard the quality of research: Guidelines are developed, innovations are discussed, and traditions and conventions maintained. Methodological discourse can also be the arena where a community of scientists asserts itself through discussing its members' practices. It is here where personal authority and scientific convention meet in the battle for research quality. The case study used here reflects a particular event in a qualitative methodological discourse which was a crisis of sorts. An attempt is made to analyse the process which revealed the prevalent rules and the question is raised whether the quest for recognizability, which is the basis of methodological discourse operating within a community of scientists, has the potential to function as a threat to the quest for quality, so undermining its very purpose. A plea is made for a multi-layered reflective discourse where not only individual work will be scrutinized, but the discourse will scrutinize itself with the help of individual events.

scholarly journals What makes qualitative research good research? An exploratory analysis of critical elements.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity Agwu Kalu
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Exploratory Analysis ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Qualitative Work ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Complex Phenomena ◽  
Good Research

When conducting research, it is essential that both the design and the method used are appropriate to fully answer the research questions. The overall aim of the study should determine the choice of the design. it is also crucial that the research is not only relevant but must be of good quality to provide knowledge that can be effectively used in various settings such as practice and education, as well as implementation of policies and projects. Qualitative research is used in various disciplines including behavioral and social sciences to understand human experiences and situations, as well as individuals' cultures, beliefs, and values. Qualitative research is very useful for exploring complex phenomena that are difficult to measure with quantitative studies. Despite the advantages of qualitative research, its trustworthiness is often questioned by some researchers and readers. This article presents an exploratory analysis of the essential elements in qualitative research that when properly and objectively utilised can enable the readers of qualitative work to judge it as a good research.

Moving Beyond Templates: A Bricolage Approach to Conducting Trustworthy Qualitative Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 109442812092746
Author(s):  
Michael G. Pratt ◽  
Scott Sonenshein ◽  
Martha S. Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Quality Of Research

Although the rising popularity of methodological templates has yielded an increasing interest in qualitative research, we discuss how the misuse of methodological templates can diminish the quality of research. As an alternative, we propose methodological bricolage as an organizing metaphor for how to do qualitative methods, which involves the combining of analytic moves for the purpose of solving a problem or problems tailored to one’s own research project. To develop a methodological bricolage approach, we draw on our own research as well as a broader set of qualitative research articles to illustrate how authors arrange various methodological moves to create an effective arrangement that communicates trustworthiness. We outline the benefits of methodological bricolage and some cautions in using this approach.

scholarly journals Implementation Of ‘Mudharabah’ Contracts And Their Impacts On Fund-Raising Products In Jambi Sharia Banking

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-153
Author(s):  
Bahrul Ma'ani ◽  
Supyani - ◽  
Almusrijah Aini ◽  
Indah Maulinda
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Profit Sharing ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Quality Of Research

Funds with the ‘mudharabah’ principle are investment funds so that Islamic banks share the proceeds only to the owners of funds that use the ‘mudharabah’ principle. The collection of funds is applied to savings and deposit products that use ‘mudharabah’ contracts. The amount of income received by the owner of the ‘mudharabah’ fund is part of the income received in cash from the distribution of funds by Islamic banks. Therefore, the funds collected with the ‘mudharabah’ principle are one of the elements in calculating profit sharing. The problem raised in the research is how to implement the ‘mudharabah’ contract and its impact on fund-raising products in Islamic banking. Two main things affect the quality or results of research: the quality of research instruments and the quality of data collection. The quality of research instruments relates to the validity and reliability of the instruments and the quality of data collection regarding the accuracy of the methods used to collect data. Therefore, an instrument tested for validity and reliability may not necessarily produce valid and reliable data if the instrument is not appropriately used in collecting data. The type of research was the quantitative technique used through interviews, observations, and documentation. In analyzing the data obtained, the authors used descriptive techniques. The results showed that applying ‘mudharabah’ contracts to fund-raising products at Islamic banks is only applied to savings and deposit products, and the advantages of products that use ‘mudharabah’ contracts are basically to make it easier for customers to transact. These products can be used as financing guarantees. There are supporting and inhibiting factors in the products that use ‘mudharabah’ contracts. These supporting factors include the existence of Islamic sharia principles, which are used as a reference for implementing a profit-sharing system on all products, especially savings and deposit products, and the existence of infrastructure facilities within the company that are pretty complete. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors include the lack of socialization regarding Islamic banks' existence. Abstrak: Dana dengan prinsip 'mudharabah' adalah dana investasi sehingga bank syariah membagi hasil hanya kepada pemilik dana yang menggunakan prinsip 'mudharabah'. Penghimpunan dana diterapkan pada tabungan dan deposito dengan akad mudharabah. Besarnya pendapatan yang diterima oleh pemilik dana mudharabah merupakan bagian dari pendapatan yang diterima secara tunai dari penyaluran dana oleh bank syariah. Oleh karena itu, dana yang dihimpun dengan prinsip 'mudharabah' menjadi salah satu unsur dalam menghitung bagi hasil. Masalah yang diangkat dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana penerapan akad mudharabah dan dampaknya terhadap penghimpunan dana di perbankan syariah. Dua hal utama yang mempengaruhi kualitas atau hasil penelitian: kualitas instrumen penelitian dan kualitas pengumpulan data. Kualitas instrumen penelitian berkaitan dengan validitas dan reliabilitas instrumen serta kualitas pengumpulan data mengenai ketepatan metode yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah teknik kuantitatif melalui wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Dalam menganalisis data yang diperoleh, penulis menggunakan teknik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan akad mudharabah pada produk penghimpunan dana di bank syariah hanya berlaku pada produk tabungan dan deposito, dan keunggulan produk yang menggunakan akad mudharabah pada dasarnya adalah untuk memudahkan nasabah dalam bertransaksi. Produk-produk ini dapat digunakan sebagai jaminan pembiayaan. Ada faktor pendukung dan penghambat dalam produk yang menggunakan akad mudharabah. Faktor pendukung tersebut antara lain adanya prinsip syariah Islam yang dijadikan acuan penerapan sistem bagi hasil pada semua produk khususnya produk tabungan dan deposito, serta adanya sarana prasarana di dalam perusahaan yang cukup lengkap. Sedangkan faktor penghambatnya antara lain kurangnya sosialisasi tentang keberadaan bank syariah. Kata-kata kunci: mudharabah, implementasi, dampak, produk penghimpunan dana, perbankan syariah.

scholarly journals The principles and application of qualitative research

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 641-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alizon K. Draper
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Small Sample Sizes ◽  
Quality Of Research

The present paper provides an overview of the methodological principles that underpinqualitative research and how these principles differ from those of quantitative research. It is intended to set the scene for the following papers that outline two specific approaches to the analysis of qualitative data. Within the tradition of qualitative research there are many different theoretical perspectives, of which these approaches are only two examples, but they need to be set within this broader tradition in order to highlight their specific features. Qualitative and quantitative research differ from each other in far more than their methods and data. They are each based on very different premises about both the nature of the world and the nature of our knowledge of it and how this information is generated. These approaches have implications for all aspects of research strategy, including the assessment of the quality of research findings and their wider utility or application. In relation to the latter, lack of detail in the reporting of qualitative research and small sample sizes has tended to create the impression that the findings of qualitative research have little application outside the particular research setting. While there is need for more rigor in reporting, it needs to be recognized that qualitative research can offer insights and understandings with wider relevance, althoughthese outcomes are of a different type from those provided by quantitative research.

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