An Integrative Qualitative Framework: Improving Research through Strategic Mapping
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| Title: | An Integrative Qualitative Framework: Improving Research through Strategic Mapping |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Coker, David C. (ORCID |
| Source: | Online Submission. 2023 11(1):66-109. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 44 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Information Analyses |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Qualitative Research, Guidelines, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Validity, Reliability, Research Design, Research Problems, Field Studies |
| Abstract: | Outside of education, many academic disciplines developed and promulgated checklists to evaluate the quality of qualitative studies. This article used an embedded mixed methods approach in three stages: development of a conceptual framework reviewing 62 guidelines; a content analysis of key areas of the guidelines; and review of dissertations to see how practices compare to model guidelines. Using 15 educational administration dissertations in the United States, a thematic analysis examined components of the three frameworks: planning the study, in the field, and reporting results. Many researchers failed to adequately describe methods in all phases, with lack of intensity in fieldwork being a ubiquitous problem. Developing validity and reliability should move from a post hoc procedure to a central component in all stages of design. The implications of the frameworks move beyond a rigid checklist and provide direction to develop strategic mapping for designing research in an iterative fashion to optimize representativeness of findings. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | ED633598 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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