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Validity and reliability in qualitative research

Author(s) -

H Brink

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

curationis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2223-6279

pISSN - 0379-8577

DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v16i2.1396

Subject(s) - trustworthiness , skepticism , interpretation (philosophy) , reliability (semiconductor) , qualitative research , subjectivity , psychology , validity , social psychology , computer science , data science , epistemology , engineering ethics , applied psychology , management science , sociology , social science , psychometrics , engineering , developmental psychology , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language

Validity and reliability are key aspects of all research. Meticulous attention to these two aspects can make the difference between good research and poor research and can help to assure that fellow scientists accept findings as credible and trustworthy. This is particularly vital in qualitative work, where the researcher’s subjectivity can so readily cloud the interpretation of the data, and where research findings are often questioned or viewed with scepticism by the scientific community

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