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Assuring quality in narrative analysis

P H Bailey1

  • 1School of Nursing, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario.

Western Journal of Nursing Research
|April 1, 1996
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This study clarifies quality criteria for qualitative nursing research, emphasizing trustworthiness and authenticity over traditional validity and reliability. It explores quality assurance within narrative analysis, crucial for interpretive findings.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Research
  • Qualitative Methodologies
  • Interpretive Paradigms

Background:

  • Traditional validity and reliability concepts are often inadequate for qualitative research.
  • Epistemological differences between positivist and interpretive paradigms challenge direct transfer of quality criteria.
  • Nurse-researchers increasingly seek appropriate methods to ensure quality in qualitative studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define quality, trustworthiness, credibility, authenticity, and goodness in qualitative research findings.
  • To discuss quality assurance and validation processes within interpretive research.
  • To examine quality in narrative analysis nursing research.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review on quality in qualitative nursing research.

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  • Conceptual clarification of quality-related terms in interpretive research.
  • Focus on narrative analysis as an interpretive method for quality assurance.

    • Main Results:

    • Established that positivist terms like validity/reliability are insufficient for interpretive research.
    • Highlighted the importance of trustworthiness, credibility, and authenticity for qualitative rigor.
    • Demonstrated that quality assurance must be context-specific to the interpretive paradigm.

    Conclusions:

    • Qualitative nursing research requires distinct quality criteria, such as trustworthiness and authenticity.
    • Narrative analysis offers a framework for ensuring quality in interpretive nursing studies.
    • Adopting paradigm-specific quality concepts is essential for rigorous qualitative findings.