Qualitative Research: The Evaluation of Its Credibility, Fittingness, and Auditability
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Western Journal of Nursing Research
- Vol. 15 (2) , 263-266
- https://doi.org/10.1177/019394599301500212
Abstract
The three criteria of credibility, fittingness, and auditability have been focused on in the hope of facilitating the critique of qualitative research. Once criteria that are appropriate to qualitative methodologies are developed, the scientific merit of these research studies can truly be appreciated. If traditional scientific criteria relevant to quantitative studies are used to critique qualitative methods, the development and acceptance of this paradigm-transcending research will be hindered.Keywords
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