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Reporting Credibility in Educational Evaluation Studies that Use Qualitative Methods: A Mixed Methods Research Synthesis

Liao, Hongjing
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426115203

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Educational Research and Evaluation (Education).
Qualitative methods have increasingly been applied in program evaluations of policies and interventions (Patton, 2003; Sandelowski & Barroso, 2007), and establishing the quality of evaluation findings is of essential importance. Yet little is known about how qualitative quality criteria of evaluation reports have been applied in practice (Brandon & Singh, 2009; Gephart, 2004). One of the ways to assess such practice can be to examine the reporting of credibility techniques in published evaluation reports that use qualitative methods. This study examined the practice of establishing qualitative credibility in the context of program evaluation by carrying out a research synthesis of the related studies published in six leading evaluation journals (from 2003 to 2012). Mixed methods were used to identify key credibility techniques, document the frequency of the techniques, and to describe their use and properties. There were 118 articles found eligible for analysis. The finding suggests that the reporting of credibility techniques has been relatively steady over the past decade. The majority of articles addressed basic methodological quality of the study, but most authors are not sensitive in addressing credibility of their qualitative findings with credibility techniques.
Krisanna Machtmes (Committee Chair)
John Hitchcock (Advisor)
197 p.
Educational Evaluation
credibility techniques; mixed methods synthesis; qualitative evaluation

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  • Liao, H. (2015). Reporting Credibility in Educational Evaluation Studies that Use Qualitative Methods: A Mixed Methods Research Synthesis [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426115203

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Liao, Hongjing. Reporting Credibility in Educational Evaluation Studies that Use Qualitative Methods: A Mixed Methods Research Synthesis. 2015. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426115203.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Liao, Hongjing. "Reporting Credibility in Educational Evaluation Studies that Use Qualitative Methods: A Mixed Methods Research Synthesis." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426115203

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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