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- Validity in narrative research can be subjective and generally relies on how well the researcher convinces readers about the claim being made is a basis for understanding the human realm.
- Readers of narrative research are asked to make judgments of whether the claims convince them at a level of plausibility, credibleness, or trustworthiness.
- In narrative research, determining whether a description of an event or telling of a story is valid depends on the context and the culture, rather than on an absolute match between word and thing.
DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
- Consistency is key:
- Validity strength is largely determined in how the narrative is created.
- To instill confidence in the reader, the researcher must demonstrate consistency in their process of gathering information or interviewing participants. For example:
- Same questions, allowing same amount of time for interviews, and same setting of interviews.
- Consistency in interview or other ways of data collection gives the best chance of reproducible data which strengthens the validity of the study.
- Generalizations of this research is complicated and requires a strong need for the researcher to identify how participants being studied is representative of a population.
- Thus, researchers don’t argue about the certainty of their evidence but rather how they convey their claim and evidence of which they are studying.
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