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Formulate a foundational framework for evaluating and ensuring quality in qualitative research by proposing an active, relational approach centered on credibility and relevance rather than static checklists.

December 11, 2024Qualitative Research JournalOpen Access

Quality in qualitative research: a relational process

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VTVirpi TimonenUniversity of Helsinki GFGeraldine FoleyTrinity College Dublin CCCatherine ConlonTrinity College Dublin

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Conceptual analysis reveals that research quality relies on establishing credibility and relevance throughout qualitative inquiry, highlighting the limitations of static compliance checklists.

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Formulate a foundational framework for evaluating and ensuring quality in qualitative research by proposing an active, relational approach centered on credibility and relevance rather than static checklists.
Reviewed paradigm-specific and cross-paradigm methodological frameworks defining quality in qualitative research.
Conceptualized quality as a continuous, iterative relational process connecting the researcher to the research problem, participants, data, analysis, and audience.
Checklist-based quality appraisals alone fail to guarantee methodological rigor and can facilitate poor-quality qualitative work masquerading as robust inquiry.
High-quality qualitative inquiry depends on actively constructing credibility and relevance across every stage of the research process, from question formulation to dissemination.

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Timonen et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10fcced06b5b96589ff435 https://doi.org/10.1108/qrj-07-2024-0153

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Conceptual analysis reveals that research quality relies on establishing credibility and relevance throughout qualitative inquiry, highlighting the limitations of static compliance checklists.

Quality in qualitative research: a relational process

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Quality in qualitative research: a relational process

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