Validity and Validation in the Making in the Context of Qualitative Research

Qualitative Health Research - Tập 18 Số 7 - Trang 983-989 - 2008
Mirka Koro‐Ljungberg1
1University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida USA

Tóm tắt

In this article, I focus on two ways of conceptualizing validity and validation, by using reductionist and (e)pistemological approaches, respectively. I question some common understandings of reductionist validation and describe an (e)pistemological standpoint that provides an alternative to reductionist views. In addition, I argue that validity and validation, as concepts, are tools rather than reflections of truth. Furthermore, fallibility, which is embedded in all views of validity and validation, can be compensated with pluralism, as well as acceptance, coexistence, and collaboration with the Other.

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