RES 724 Validity and Reliability Issues in Qualitative Research

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper discussing the issues of validation and reliability in qualitative research.

Address the following:

• What factors might limit this type of research?

• What strategies can a researcher use to make the research more credible?

• Discuss how your philosophical stance as the researcher affects the way you establish validity and reliability in the following:

• Research design

• Data collection

• Data analysis

Use at least three non-classroom textbook references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

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Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Research Protocol Template
Create a research protocol following the approach you will be using for your dissertation.
Incorporate best practices of the research method used and give the rationale for each step in the protocol

Locate a peer-reviewed research study using a research design similar to the design you will be using in your dissertation.

Critique the study you found by addressing the following

• The problem being explored

• Why is it a problem?

• What makes it appropriate for research?

• A brief history of the problem

• How is the problem framed?

• What context is provided?

• The objectives of the research

• What are the objectives?

• How well are the objectives met?

• The study design and why it is appropriate

• How is the design appropriate? In what ways is it not appropriate?

• The sample for the study

• What are ramifications for transferability based on the sample given in the study?

• The procedures followed in conducting the chosen research. Give a step-by-step explanation of what was done, how subjects were solicited, where the data collection occurred, whether informed consents were used and how they were obtained, and so on.

• How easily could the research be repeated?

• How clear are the steps followed?

• What implications are inherent in the process for reliability and validity?

• What data were collected and how

• What were data sources?

• Why were these sources appropriate?

• What other data sources might have been considered?

• Any ethical considerations

• What ethical considerations did the author address?

• What ethical considerations did the author not address?

• Any limitations to this study

• What were the limitations discussed by the author?

• Were the limitations appropriate? Are there any limitations missing?

Format your critique consistent with APA guidelines