Verification Strategies for Establishing Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research
Janice M. Morse, Michael Barrett, Maria Mayan, Karin Olson, and Jude Spiers
THEORY DEVELOPMENT through two mechanisms: (1) as an outcome of the research process, rather than being adopted as a framework to move the analysis along; and (2) as a template for comparison and further development of the theory.
We are concerned that in order for projects to be manageable within the constraints of student time-frames, abilities and budgets, rigor is seriously undermined by the narrow delimiting of the topics. (15)
Of course, adequate mentoring of graduate students and new researchers by experienced qualitative investigators is critical for learning to think qualitatively and for verifying emerging ideas.