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Trustworthiness check for qualitative research

Question bank of 13 review questions for qualitative research, grouped under credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability.
Run through these before the report goes out. A no tells you what to fix. Source: Criteria from Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba, Naturalistic Inquiry (1985)
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Thirteen questions for checking a qualitative study before you share it, grouped under the four trustworthiness criteria Lincoln and Guba proposed: credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. Researchers and product teams can use it as a pre-publish review or hand it to a peer reviewer. Koji keeps every finding linked to the interview quotes behind it, which helps with the audit trail questions.

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Credibility

  1. Did you check findings with one or two participants (member checking)?
  2. Did you triangulate across methods, sources or analysts?
  3. Did you look for evidence that contradicts your findings?
  4. Did a peer review and challenge your analysis?

Transferability

  1. Is the participant context described in detail: roles, behaviors, experience level?
  2. Are your participant selection criteria written down?
  3. Have you stated the scope and limits of the findings?

Dependability

  1. Is your analysis process documented and traceable?
  2. Could another researcher repeat your process from your notes?
  3. Did you record method changes and the reasons for them?

Confirmability

  1. Did you write down your assumptions before analysis began?
  2. Is each finding grounded in direct participant quotes?
  3. Can every finding be traced back to raw data through your audit trail?

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