3. validity in qualitative research revisited, Cho &Trent
transactional validity
interaction between the inquiry and participants
member checking. Guba&Lincoln,1995 1985 2000 : the most crucial technique for establishing credibility
reassuring the credibility of constructions of the participants
Weak form
Strong form
bracketing, Moustakas,1994
triangulation, Denzin,Hammersley,Atkinson,Seale
Verifying facts through multiple data sources
Validity of the text/account is of primary importance
Researchers’ construction of realities will inevitably be reconstructions, interpretations.
transformational validity
Lather 1986, Walcott 1990
Lather1987, propose a transgressive approach to validity that emphasizes a higher degree of self-reflexivity
The authors: a recursive,process-oriented view of validity
reconstruct a mutually incompatible methodological “ contrast between diversity and control” in education ( Hammersley, 2002)
we must rely not just on our “assumption about our plausibility and credibility, but also on what we take as likely to be the judgements of other members of the research community” (Hammersley, 1998)
Examples
Richardson,1997 “crystallization”
Lather, “catalytic validity”
Foucault,Kvale,1995 “pragmatic validity”
Beverley, 2000 “testimonio”
Lincoln&Guba1985: trustworthiness in naturalistic inquiry
Trustworthiness
Credibility
Transferability
Dependability
Confirmability
Transformational validity
Definition
A progressive, emancipatory process leading toward social change that is to be achieved by the research endeavor itself.
Transactional validity
Definition
An interactive process between the researcher, the researched, and the collected data
Aim
Achieving a relatively higher level of accuracy and consensus
Means
Revisiting facts, feelings, experiences, and values or beliefs collected and interpreted
Seale, 1999: labels this approach “interpretivist criteriology”
Maxwell,1992: describes this approach “descriptive” and “interpretive”
Purpose of the article
Examine the two approaches
Probe Donmoyer’s 2001 proposal: making sense of the contemporary field of qualitative research as a whole, and extend it to the issue of validity
Holistic view of validity in qualitative research
Sealed, 1999
Relationship between claims and evidence
Seeks a middle ground for validity conceptualization between the extremes of scientific and poststructuralist/emancipatory approaches
He regards “ claims as always subject to possible revision by new evidence.”
Creswell&Miller, 2000
The conception of validity that is appropriate is dependent upon the inquiry paradigms being engaged.
problematic: based primarily upon a narrowly defined nature of choice connected to overlapping modes of inquiry.