Validity, Reliability and Ethics

Validity, Reliability and Ethics

1. Validity

   • Internal Validity
     • Enhance
       • Triangulation
       • Member checks
       • Long-term observations
       • Peer examination
       • Participatory or collaborative models of research;
       • Researcher’s biases
   • External Validity
     • TO ENHANCE
       • Rich, thick description
       • Typicality or modal category
       • Multisite designs

2. Reliablity

   • TO GUARANTEE
     • The investigator’s position
     • Triangulation
     • Audit Trail

3. Ethics

   • DATA COLLECTION
     • Interviews
     • Observations
     • Documents