Making Qualitative Research Count Rapport Archive Research Making Qualitative Research Count Rapport Issue 42 Publication Date December 28th 2014 Authors Suzanne Henwood While qualitative research has now been around for many years, in some disciplines there is still a sense from some quarters that it is in some way of less worth than scientific, positivistic studies. One way to minimise the impact of that is to ensure that qualitative research is of high quality, from conception and design, right through to dissemination. It is said that without methodological rigour, research is insignificant and susceptible to researchers fabricating the truth, (*1) of course this is true in both paradigms, but in qualitative research it is wise to ensure all efforts to ensure rigour are overtly discussed in detail, as a negative view is often held of it before the contents are even read.... Research To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it
