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Qualitative Research and the Question of Rigor

School of Social Inquiry at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.

Jenny Dodd

School of Social Inquiry at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.

In this article, the authors discuss the issue of rigor in relation to qualitative social research. It takes a critical focus on the inadequacy of applying a quantitative concept of rigor to evaluate qualitative research. Informed through the researchers’own experience, suggestions are made for a concept of rigor that meets the needs of qualitative research more adequately. Incorporating a notion of ethics, the authors develop a cluster of terms around which they argue that qualitative research can meaningfully speak about rigor: attentiveness, empathy, carefulness, sensitivity, respect, reflection, conscientiousness, engagement,awareness, and openness.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 12, No. 2, 279-289 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/104973230201200211


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