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Assignment 6: Evaluate a Research Study for Alignment
Eric Pallotto
National University
School of Education EDR 8400v2
Dr. Linda Bloomberg
11-12-2023
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Assignment 6:
Formulate a Qualitative Data Quality Checklist
Create an overview of trustworthiness. Define trustworthiness, describe why it is important in
qualitative research and outline the four criteria of trustworthiness (credibility, dependability,
confirmability, and transferability) (1/2 – 1 page)
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Trustworthiness - This word can have different meanings depending on the style of
research, but in qualitative research it sums up dependability, transferability,
confirmability, as well as credibility of the entire study. If the study does not have
credibility, no matter how well it is done, it will not be accepted in the research
community.
(Bloomberg, 2019)
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Overviews:
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Credibility - Believability as well as accuracy of the results. This establishes an
honest representation of the facts, participants' experiences, and various other
factors.
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Dependability - This refers to the consistency of the research across a period of
time, and different researchers. The importance of this is to have a process in
place to track all of the data, and have other researchers be able to recreate the
process to similar results.
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Confirmability - This refers to objectivity - or non bias of the research. This is
incredibly important as being able to minimize the impact of researcher bias will
enhance the reliability of the entire study.
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Transferability - Finally, this refers to how the findings of the research can be
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applied to other scenarios, or in other terms generalized across various
groups/populations.
Describe four to six strategies you can use to address trustworthiness in your proposed study.
Align each strategy with one of the criteria. Provide concrete examples of what you will do, why
you will do it, and when you would do this. (2
– 3 pages)
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Strategy one: Credibility
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Triangulation - This method uses multiple sources, methods, or other data to
verify the studies findings. For my study, I will be using interviews and
observations to cross-verify. This is done by collecting information from different
sources and comparing their patterns in relation to each other. When doing this
criteria, it needs to be done starting as early as the data collection stage, and
continue all the way through data analysis.
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Member review/checking - This happens when after interviewing participants for
the research study, I return back to those same exact people with my summaries,
as well as my interpretations of their statements to ensure accuracy. The reason to
do this is to double-check as sometimes words can get lost in translation. This
process will be done after I have done my entire data collection, but before the
analysis phase as it will allow the subjects to change any information they feel
they need to. Having this system in place adds another layer of credibility to the
study, and in turn will add respect to myself as the researcher. (Bloomberg, 2019)
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Strategy two: Dependability
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Auditing - An audit trail is very important to any qualitative study. It enhances
transparency of everything in the study, as well as allowing other researchers to be
able to replicate the work and come to similar conclusions. When I do this part of
my research, I will need to maintain a highly detailed document trail that includes
all of the data collection, analytics, and various other data. This needs to be done
throughout the entire study, as missing any details throughout the journey will
invalidate the entire process.
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Peer review -
Another valuable option of dependability is peer debriefing. This is
when conversations happen with another expert to review the study, provide
critiques about the design, interpretations, and various other areas of the research
process.
This will increase the dependability by providing the external
perspective, and allows them to help identify any biases I may have had, and not
even noticed when designing the study. This process starts at the beginning of the
study, but it is scheduled periodically throughout the process to make sure the
study is done correctly, and without bias.
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Strategy three: Confirmability
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Reflexivity - This is a journal of my thoughts throughout the entire study. This
type of journal focuses on assumptions I had, as well as biases, reflections, and
various other personal thoughts that occurred to me during the research process.
This is done primarily to acknowledge my biases, even if hidden. By being aware
of my personal assumptions, I can be aware of the massive impact that potentially
could have on my interpretation of results. As with the other stages, this is a
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process that needs to be started at the beginning of the study, and continue all the
way through the reporting at the end.
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Strategy four: Transferability
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Descriptions - This is being able to provide very detailed descriptions of the
research setting, methods, and various other parts of the research. This is done for
the main purpose of being able to have the data be transferable and giving the
readers an understanding of the study, as well as the context surrounding it. This
needs to be done only in the final report of the research, as it does provide the
information needed to have the studies findings transferred.
References
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Amankwaa, L. (2016). Creating protocols for trustworthiness in qualitative research. Journal of
Cultural Diversity, 23(3), 121–127.
Barbour, R. S. (2018). Quality of data analysis. In U. Flick (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of
qualitative data collection. SAGE.
Bloomberg, L. (2019). Trustworthiness in qualitative research [Webinar]. Northcentral
University/Center for Teaching and Learning.
Frey, B. B. (Ed.). (2018). Trustworthiness. In The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research,
measurement, and evaluation. SAGE.
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