Qualitative research offers opportunities to expand the scope of psychological inquiry to regions not amenable to quantification, but also raises particular challenges to evaluation criteria such as research validity. Qualitative researchers reject the criteria used by quantitative researchers when evaluating their work. Those criteria include validity, reliability and generalisability.
This article includes a consideration of the notion of ‘approach’ and its impact on the subject matter of science. It also entails reframing the notions of validity, reliability, and generalizability to match qualitative research evaluation purposes. As it seems, the integrity of the qualitative research process and the quality of the end product require evaluation criteria of quite a different
Sadoughi, M. (2008). Reframing Evaluation Criteria of Quantitative Research for Qualitative Research. Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 14(55), 9-31.
MLA
Majid Sadoughi. "Reframing Evaluation Criteria of Quantitative Research for Qualitative Research". Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 14, 55, 2008, 9-31.
HARVARD
Sadoughi, M. (2008). 'Reframing Evaluation Criteria of Quantitative Research for Qualitative Research', Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 14(55), pp. 9-31.
VANCOUVER
Sadoughi, M. Reframing Evaluation Criteria of Quantitative Research for Qualitative Research. Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2008; 14(55): 9-31.
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