Validity in qualitative research revisited

Cho, Jeasik; Trent, Allen

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Validity in qualitative research revisited

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Cho, Jeasik, Trent, Allen·2006·Qualitative Research

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Concerns with the issues of validity in qualitative research have dramatically increased. Traditionally, validity in qualitative research involved determining the degree to which researchers’ claims about knowledge corresponded to the reality (or research participants’ construction of reality) being studied. The authors note that recent trends have shown the emergence of two quite different approaches to the validity question within the literature on qualitative research. The authors categorize and label these ‘transactional’ validity and ‘transformational’ validity. While useful, the authors assert that neither approach is sufficient to meet the current needs of the field. The authors propose a recursive, process-oriented view of validity as an alternative framework.

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Authors: Cho, J., & Trent, A.
Affiliations: University of Wyoming (US)
ORCID: Cho, Jeasik
Venue: Qualitative Research
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2006-08
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Pages: 319-340
ISSN: 1468-7941 (ISSN-L)
1741-3109
DOI: 10.1177/1468794106065006
OpenAlex: W2104275035
Cited by: 1,037
References: 73
Citations by year: 2026: 40 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 84 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 61 · 2017: 60 · 2016: 83 · 2015: 81 · 2014: 61 · 2013: 56 · 2012: 40
FWCI: 49.47
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Qualitative Research (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Social Sciences › Education › Educational Research and Methods
Keywords: validity, epistemology of qualitative research, construction of reality

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