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Evaluating ethnography: considerations for analysis
Author(s) -
Mackenzie Ann E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01150.x
Subject(s) - ethnography , reliability (semiconductor) , critical ethnography , nursing practice , process (computing) , psychology , sociology , engineering ethics , nursing , medicine , computer science , anthropology , engineering , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
The informed evaluation of ethnographic reports is essential to the practitioner who is working towards research‐based practice. It is also part of the process of developing and refining nursing knowledge. While there are features common to the critical examination of all research, an understanding of ethnographic design and, in particular, of issues of validity and reliability, is a prerequisite for evaluation of ethnographic research reports.