Rigorous, rapid, reliable and qualitative? Computing in qualitative method.

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OBJECTIVE:
To explore whether qualitative methods are problematic and persuasive in health education research.

METHOD:
Explored this problem through the 3 goals of rigor, rapidity, and reliability and their special meanings in qualitative analysis.

RESULTS:
For each, contributions of qualitative computing software are identified and their effects assessed.

CONCLUSION:
Qualitative researchers are assisted by software tools in pursuit of each of these goals, but in each area there is a need for software design to address the tasks of research where rigor, rapidity, and reliability are paramount requirements.

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Author information

Author/s: Richards, Lyn (L);

Affiliation: QSR International, Doncaster, Vic, Australia. lyn@qsr.com.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: American journal of health behavior (Am J Health Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Nov-Dec; vol 26 (issue 6) : pp 425-30

Dates: Created 2002/11/19; Completed 2003/03/04; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12437017, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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