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Rigorous, rapid, reliable and qualitative? Computing in qualitative method
1QSR International, Doncaster, Vic, Australia. lyn@qsr.com.au
American Journal of Health Behavior
|November 20, 2002
Abstract
Objective:
To explore whether qualitative methods are problematic and persuasive in health education research.
Method:
Explored this problem through the 3 goals of rigor, rapidity, and reliability and their special meanings in qualitative analysis.
Results:
For each, contributions of qualitative computing software are identified and their effects assessed.
Conclusion:
Qualitative researchers are assisted by software tools in pursuit of each of these goals, but in each area there is a need for software design to address the tasks of research where rigor, rapidity, and reliability are paramount requirements.