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Rigor or rigor mortis: The problem of rigor in qualitative research revisited

Sandelowski, Margarete·1993·Advances in Nursing Science

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Issues are raised by the persistent concern with achieving rigor in qualitative research, including the rigidity that often characterizes the search for validity in qualitative work and the threat to validity that the search for reliability may pose. Member validation is highlighted as a technique that exemplifies not only the practical, but also the profoundly theoretical, representational, and even moral problems raised by all procedures aimed at ensuring the trustworthiness of qualitative work.

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Authors
Sandelowski, M.
Venue
Advances in Nursing Science
Published
1993-12
Volume
16
Issue
2
Pages
1-8
ISSN
0161-9268 (ISSN-L)
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W2051917704
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1,299
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29.37
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journal article
Language
en
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