Reliability and validity in qualitative research

Author(s)

• Kirk, Jerome
• Miller, Marc L.

Bibliographic Information

Reliability and validity in qualitative research

Jerome Kirk, Marc L. Miller

（Qualitative research methods, v. 1）（Sage university papers series）

Sage Publications, c1986

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 81-85

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Authors Jerome Kirk and Marc L. Miller define what is-and what is not-qualitative research. They suggest that the use of numbers in the process of recording and analyzing observations is less important than that the research should involve sustained interaction with the people being studied, in their own language and on their own turf. Following a chapter on objectivity, the authors discuss the role of reliability and validity and the problems that arise when these issues are neglected. They present a paradigm for the qualitative research process that makes it possible to pursue validity without neglecting reliability.

Table of Contents

Objectivity in Qualitative Research Reliability and Validity The Problem of Validity Qualitative Research The Problem of Reliability Ethnographic Decision Making The Four Phases of Qualitative Research

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Details

• NCID: BA00676739
• ISBN:
  • 0803925603
  • 0803924704
• LCCN: 85002412
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Newbury Park
• Pages/Volumes: 87 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN346.4
  • DC19 : 306/.01/8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Participant observation
  • LCSH : Ethnology -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Social sciences -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Objectivity
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00231732
  • BA00656709