Nursing Research Q27
What is meant by the “fittingness” of a research study?A. Truth of findings as judged by the participants.
A. Truth of findings as judged by the participants.
B. The appropriateness of the interview questions posed.
C. Faithfulness to everyday reality of the participants.
D. The adequacy of the coding system used.
Correct Answer: C. Faithfulness to everyday reality of the participants.
Fittingness is the meaningfulness of the everyday findings to everyday reality of that situation. Are the results described in enough detail so that one may evaluate them for their own practice?
Option A: Credibility is the truth of findings as judged by the participants. To help establish, the researcher should return to the original participants and get them to validate the findings. Others within the discipline may also help establish by review of the data and findings.
Option B: Auditability assists the reader to judge the appropriateness of the interview questions posed. Auditability is established by the reader being able to follow the steps of the research from the research questions, to the data collection, to the data, and then to the findings (categories, themes, model).
Option D: Auditability assists the reader to judge the adequacy of the coding system used. By the steps for interpretation and synthesis and data examples provided, the reader should be able to follow the researcher’s thinking.