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Understanding and Evaluating Qualitative Research

Fossey, Ellie, Harvey, Carol, Mcdermott, Fiona, Davidson, Larry·2002·Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01100.x
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Qualitative research aims to address questions concerned with developing an understanding of the meaning and experience dimensions of humans' lives and social worlds. Central to good qualitative research is whether the research participants' subjective meanings, actions and social contexts, as understood by them, are illuminated. This paper aims to provide beginning researchers, and those unfamiliar with qualitative research, with an orientation to the principles that inform the evaluation of the design, conduct, findings and interpretation of qualitative research. It orients the reader to two philosophical perspectives, the interpretive and critical research paradigms, which underpin both the qualitative research methodologies most often used in mental health research, and how qualitative research is evaluated. Criteria for evaluating quality are interconnected with standards for ethics in qualitative research. They include principles for good practice in the conduct of qualitative research, and for trustworthiness in the interpretation of qualitative data. The paper reviews these criteria, and discusses how they may be used to evaluate qualitative research presented in research reports. These principles also offer some guidance about the conduct of sound qualitative research for the beginner qualitative researcher.

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Authors
Fossey, E., Harvey, C., Mcdermott, F., & Davidson, L.
Affiliations
  • La Trobe University (AU)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Fossey, Ellie
ORCID
Venue
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2002-12
Volume
36
Issue
6
Pages
717-732
ISSN
  • 0004-8674 (ISSN-L)
  • 1440-1614
DOI
10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.01100.x
OpenAlex
W2092473556
Cited by
2,311
References
73
Citations by year
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FWCI
84.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
Keywords
qualitative research evaluation, research quality criteria, interpretivism, critical paradigm, research ethics, trustworthiness, qualitative data interpretation, mental health research
MeSH terms
Humans, Psychiatry, Research, Comprehension, Qualitative Research

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