NUR 80A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Imrad, External Auditor, Financial Audit
11 May 2016
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The processes used are completely different from quantitative research and this is reflected in the language. You will not see the words reliability and validity in a qualitative study. Concerns the truth value of qualitative data and qualitative analysis. Encompasses four criteria: credibility, dependability, confirmability, transferability. Refers to confidence in the truth of the data and interpretations of them. Method triangulation = using multiple methods to address research problem (e. g. observations plus interviews: external checks peer debriefing session held w/ objective peers to review & explore various aspects of the inquiry. Refers to stability of data over time and over conditions. Methods of assessing dependability: stepwise replication have investigator triangulation, group is that is broken up into teams analyze data and regroup to discuss their findings about the data, inquiry audit. Refers to the objectivity or neutrality of the data the potential for congruence between two or more people about data accuracy, relevance, or meaning.
