Nursing Research Q39
Which question is helpful in determining the study’s credibility?
A. Do the participants recognize the experience as their own?
B. What strategies were used to analyze the data?
C. How were human subjects protected?
D. Are the findings applicable outside the study situation?
Correct Answer: A. Do the participants recognize the experience as their own?
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 C: 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 D: This question will critique the auditability of a research project. Understand the purpose and problem, while determining if the design and methodology are consistent with the purpose.