KWALON - Volume 26, Issue 2, 2021

Quality criteria for qualitative research: which terms do you use as a qualitative researcher?

About 35 years ago, Lincoln and Guba developed four quality criteria for qualitative research – credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability – as a counterpart for the criteria that were developed within the positivist research paradigm. Qualitative researchers differ in their use of quality criteria. The authors argue that qualitative researchers should preferably use quality criteria that have been developed within the interpretivist research paradigm. They also mention that it is difficult to find an adequate Dutch translation for the concepts of dependability and confirmability. These concepts are currently translated in different ways. The authors end the article with a proposal for the translation of these four quality criteria into Dutch.

The appeal and challenges of creative research methods

Attention for the use of creative research methods in various scientific disciplines is increasing. In this article, several reasons are given as to why researchers are drawn to these methods. The challenges that researchers may face in using these methods are also described. The article ends with a brief outlook on the possible future of creative methods, pointing to how they can contribute to acquiring acknowledge and tap into different types of knowledge.