Qualitative Research - Trustworthiness

Trustworthiness

In quantitative studies, this is referred to as 'validity'. A central issue in qualitative research is trustworthiness(also known as credibility and/or dependability). There are many different ways of establishing trustworthiness, including: member check, interviewer corroboration, peer debriefing, prolonged engagement, negative case analysis, auditability, confirmability, bracketing, and balance. Most of these methods were coined, or at least extensively described by Lincoln and Guba (1985)