Open AccessUsing the TACT Framework to Learn the Principles of Rigour in Qualitative Research
Author(s) -
Ben Kei Daniel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
electronic journal of business research methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1477-7029
DOI - 10.34190/jbrm.17.3.002
Subject(s) - rigour , tact , qualitative research , transferability , credibility , checklist , trustworthiness , engineering ethics , psychology , sociology , epistemology , computer science , engineering , social psychology , social science , psychotherapist , philosophy , logit , machine learning , cognitive psychology
Assessing the quality of qualitative research to ensurerigour in the findings is critical, especially if findings are tocontribute to theory and be utilised in practice. However, teachingstudents concepts of rigour and how to apply them to their researchis challenging. This article presents a generic framework of rigourwith four critical dimensions—Trustworthiness, Auditability,Credibility and Transferability (TACT) intended to teach issues ofrigour to postgraduate students and those new to qualitativeresearch methodology. The framework enables them to explore the keydimensions necessary for assessing the rigour of qualitativeresearch studies and checklist questions against each of thedimensions. TACT was offered through 10 workshops, attended by 64participants. Participants positively evaluated the workshops andreported that the workshops enable them to learn the principles ofqualitative research and better understanding issues of rigour. Workpresented in the article is part of a large research programmeinvestigating the pedagogy of research methods in highereducation.