LABRST 3H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Rigour, Selection Bias, Confirmation Bias
11 Dec 2017
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Definitions: rigour thorough, how true worthy, validity consistency, true, subjective judgement, member validation members validate study, informal: just asking and getting answer, formal: going through process. The validity of the analyses and results in research. Demonstrating rigour can be a challenge since there is no consensus on standards to judge qualitative research. Without justification of rigour, qualitative research may be seen as personal opinion subject to bias. Influence of personal views on the outcomes. Methods that favour a particular finding (comic) The researcher must reflect on their biases throughout analysis. Selection bias sampling people, time, or place, choice of questions, data selection. Leading questions / wording bias researcher responds in a way that encourages a particular response from the participant. Interviewer bias - a difference in how information is solicited or recorded. Confirmation bias - researcher forms a belief and selects participant"s data to confirm that belief.
