Symposium Introduction - Issues of Validity: Behavioral Concepts, Their Derivation and Interpretation

Qualitative inquiry that commences with the concept, rather than the phenomenon itself, is subject to violating the tenet of induction, thus is exposed to particular threats of invalidity. In this symposium, using the examples of the concepts of uncertainty, trust, vulnerability and suffering, and i...

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Main Authors: Janice M. Morse, Judith E. Hupcey, Janice Penrod, Jude A. Spiers, Charlotte Pooler, Carl Mitcham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2002-12-01
Series:International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690200100403
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spelling doaj-27d96cb9b13e4d3cbe4a02ab8e8e27cc2020-11-25T03:26:29ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods1609-40692002-12-01110.1177/16094069020010040310.1177_160940690200100403Symposium Introduction - Issues of Validity: Behavioral Concepts, Their Derivation and InterpretationJanice M. MorseJudith E. HupceyJanice PenrodJude A. SpiersCharlotte PoolerCarl MitchamQualitative inquiry that commences with the concept, rather than the phenomenon itself, is subject to violating the tenet of induction, thus is exposed to particular threats of invalidity. In this symposium, using the examples of the concepts of uncertainty, trust, vulnerability and suffering, and interview and videotaped data, we discuss strategies to maintain the inductive thrust, and hence validity, during data analysis. The authors present the use of a skeletal framework and scaffold as techniques to “frame” the concept, while, at the same time, continuing to further develop the concept.https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690200100403
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International Journal of Qualitative Methods
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description Qualitative inquiry that commences with the concept, rather than the phenomenon itself, is subject to violating the tenet of induction, thus is exposed to particular threats of invalidity. In this symposium, using the examples of the concepts of uncertainty, trust, vulnerability and suffering, and interview and videotaped data, we discuss strategies to maintain the inductive thrust, and hence validity, during data analysis. The authors present the use of a skeletal framework and scaffold as techniques to “frame” the concept, while, at the same time, continuing to further develop the concept.
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