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Exercise 13: Evaluating Your Qualitative Research
This self-check exercise adapted from Activity 64 Evaluating Qualitative Analysis by
Catherine Dawson (2016).
Check your qualitative research quality based on the list of criteria below:
____1. AUTHENTICITY Does your research offer new focus, novel or unique
perspective?
____2. INTEGRITY Do you apply a position of objectivity and non-bias
in your research?
____3. REFLEXIVITY Have you discussed any potential research bias?
____4. DEPENDABILITY Have you discussed anything that could influence the
plan or course of your research?
____5. SENSITIVITY TO Do you analyze phenomenon in application to the
CONTEXT context in which it exists or occurs?
____6. CONSONANCE Are methods, interpretations and conclusions in
agreement with theoretical, epistemological and
methodological approach?
____7. PERSUASIVENESS Are research claims supported with solid evidence?
____8. VALIDATION Were research results checked with participants? Did
they confirm researcher's understanding of their
words?
____9. TRANSPARENCY Was the process of research transparent? Is it easy for
other researchers to understand how research method
was chosen, data was collected and analyzed?
___10. CONFIRMATION Can the results be confirmed if this study was
repeated by other researchers?
___11. TRANSFERABILITY Can research results be applied in a different
context?
___12. GENERALIZABILITY Can the research findings improve understanding of
the research topic in a similar context?
___13. IMPACT Does the research bring any benefits for market or
economy? Which people could benefit from research
results?
___14. IMPORTANCE Are the findings useful for policy or practice,
industry, society or other researchers?
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