Critical Appraisal of Research Papers Qualitative research normally associated with interpretivist worldview or paradigm. Would be easier if approaching from a positivist worldview and quantitative approach as: · Positivism has rules · Maintains idea of single truth · Theoretically positivism looks at things objectively In terms of qualitative papers, you can look at journal ranking to see if its good. Can also look at indicators like is literature up to date, is there a clear methodology, a clear method and has it been used appropriately. The problem with looking at things from a qualitative perspective is the way you examine the world is shaped by the tradition that you follow in terms of your research. You can counterpoint positivist paradigm with interpretivist paradigm Lincoln and Guba 985 (for qualitative studies) · Credibility · Transferability · Dependability · Confirmability . Authenticity (see L&G fi986) Yardley 2000 (for qualitative studies) · Sensitivity to context · Commitment and rigour · Transparency and coherence · Impact and importance Holloway and Wheeler 20fi0 (for qualitative studies) · Trustworthiness · Dependability · Credibility · Transferability Confirm ability Authenticity Hennick et al. 20fifi (for qualitative studies) · It is interpretive . It is reflexive · It is appropriate Smith et al 2009 (specifically with regard to IPA studies) · Sensitivity to context · Commitment and rigour
· Transparency and coherence · Impact and importance Smith 20fifi (specifically with regard to IPA studies) · Clearly subscribes to theoretical principles of IPA: phenomenological, hermeneutic and idiographic · Sufficiently transparent so read and see what was done · Coherent, plausible and interesting analysis · Sufficient sampling from corpus shows density of evidence for each theme Dahlberg et al 2008 (Phenomenology, hermeneutic is in the reflective life world) . Rigour · Coherence · Twinning epistemology and method Todres and Galvin 2006 (Phenomenological research) · Scientific concern for structure of phenomenon · Communicative concern for the texture Finlay 20fifi, Finlay 2006, Finlay and Evans 2009 (for Phenomenological research) · Rigour · Resonance Relevance · Reflexivity