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Judging interpretations: But is it rigorous? trustworthiness and authenticity in naturalistic evaluation
Author(s) -
Schwandt Thomas A.,
Lincoln Yvonna S.,
Guba Egon G.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.223
Subject(s) - parallels , trustworthiness , naturalism , epistemology , naturalistic observation , psychology , social psychology , sociology , philosophy , engineering , mechanical engineering
Abstract This chapter situates Guba and Lincoln's chapter within the broad philosophical debate about the justifiability of interpretations. The emergence of a new paradigm of inquiry (naturalistic) has, unsurprisingly enough, led to a demand for rigorous criteria that meet traditional standards of inquiry. Two sets are suggested, one of which, the “trustworthiness” criteria, parallels conventional criteria, while the second, “ authenticity” criteria, is implied directly by new paradigm assumptions.