Guba and lincoln pdf

Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative. The emergence of a new paradigm of inquiry naturalistic has, unsurprisingly enough, led to a demand for rigorous criteria that meet traditional standards of inquiry. Pdf competing paradigms in qualitative research n carvalho. Understanding and applying research paradigms in educational. They suggested that a research inquiry should be based on the concepts of. Naturalistic inquiry is a qualitative research method used to examine peoples life experiences in contextbound settings lincoln and guba, 1985 in this case, breast cancer patients and. Earch third edition editors norman k university d932.

By addressing similar issues, gubas constructs correspond to the criteria employed by the positivist investigator. Validity, reliability and triangulation in case study. Guba and lincoln 1982, 1985 suggest that qualitative and quantitative methods may be used suitably with any research paradigm. To answer to the question, healy and perry 2000 assert that the quality of a study in each paradigm should be judged by its own paradigms terms. Competing paradigms in qualitative research external extraparadigm critiques the intraparadigm problems noted above offer a weighty challenge to conventional methodology, but could be eliminated, or at least ameliorated, by greater use of qualitative data. Lincoln and guba, 1985 and also shared to a greater or lesser degree by con structivist, hermeneutic, and phenomenological alternatives to positivism in cluding postpositivism. Lincoln and guba 1985 pointed out that credibility involves two aspects. A paradigm shift is under way in many fields, they contend, and go on to describe the different assumptions of the two approaches regarding. Despite the widespread proliferation of professional ethical standards such as those of the american psychological.

Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research. Lincoln in this chapter we analyze four paradigms that currently are competing, or have until recently. Qualitative and quantitative research paradigms in. Naturalistic inquiry in elearning research university of alberta. Guba and lincoln 1998 stated that a research paradigm is intrinsically associated with the concepts of ontology, epistemology and methodology. She is author, coauthor, or editor of such books as naturalistic inquiry and fourth generation evaluation both with egon g. Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects. Jennifer greene, cornell university i would warmly recommend it as stimulating and challenging reading. Lincoln and gubas evaluative criteria qualitative research. Guba and lincoln point to the inherent problems faced by previous generations of evaluatorspolitics, ethical dilemmas, imperfections and gaps, inconclusive deductions and lay the blame for failure and nonutilization at the feet of the unquestioned reliance on the scientificpositivist. While guba warned that their criteria were primitive guba, 1981, p. We acknowledge at once our own commitment to constructivism which we earlier called. Naturalistic inquiry is a qualitative research method used to examine peoples life experiences in contextbound settings lincoln and guba, 1985 in this case. Paper presented at the joint annual meeting of the evaluation network and the evaluation research society, austin, texas, september 1981.

Data reduction and analysis products writeups of field notes, summaries and condensed notes, theoretical notes such as working hypotheses, concepts, and. Lincoln and guba 1985 refined the concept of trustworthiness by introducing the criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability to parallel the conventional quantitative assessment criteria of validity and reliability. Many critics of the received view are content to stop at. A paradigm shift is under way in many fields, they contend, and go on to describe the. Egon g guba showing how science is limited by its dominant mode of investigation, lincoln and guba propose an alternative paradigma naturalistic rather than rationalistic method of inquiryin which the. Quality and trustworthiness in qualitative research in. Guba is a member of american educational research association and american evaluation association.

Our concern here, however, is with those paradigms that guide disciplined inquiry. Similarly, the gurus of qualitative research, denzin and lincoln 2000, define paradigms as human constructions, which deal with first principles or ultimates indicating. Epistemological and methodological bases of naturalistic inquiry. Guba despite the widespread proliferation of professional ethical standards such as those of the american psychological association ad hoc 1973, 1982, ethical concerns continue to plague social research. Guba and lincoln point to the inherent problems faced by previous generations of evaluatorspolitics, ethical dilemmas, imperfections and gaps, inconclusive deductionsand lay the blame for failure and nonutilization at the feet of the unquestioned reliance on the scientificpositivist. Trustworthiness educational research basics by del siegle. Lincoln and guba, 1985 and were directed broadly toward inquiry rather than being written specifically for the evaluation community. Lincoln, fourth generation evaluation, newbury park, ca. Theory of connectivity as an emergent solution to innovative learning strategies. Credibility is a crucial criterion in qualitative research that has been proposed in several quality frameworks. The guidelines and checklists for constructivist evaluations and reports outlined herein are based upon egon g. Guba 1978, 1981, guba and lincoln 1981, lincoln and guba 1981, and lincoln 1981 have made the case that all four. Shenton strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects 65 b the development of an early familiarity with the. Lincoln t he global community of qualitative researchers is midway between two extremes, searching for a new middle, moving in several different directions at the same time.

In this chapter we analyze four paradigms that currently are competing, or have until recently competed, for acceptance as the paradigm of choice in informing and guiding inquiry, especially qualitative inquiry. Introduction the discipline and practice of qualitative research norman k. The maturing of social science over the past fifty years has not been accompanied by a concomitant matur. Going native and ethnocentrism as problems of utilization in evaluation. Verification strategies for establishing reliability and. Fourth generation evaluation sage publications inc. Sorting through research paradigms athabasca university.

Showing how science is limited by its dominant mode of investigation, lincoln and guba propose an alternative paradigm a naturalistic rather than rationalistic method of inquiry in which the investigator avoids manipulating research outcomes. Connections on june 21, 1947 egon guba married elaine vivian thompson. For example, while the terms reliability and validity are essential criterion for quality in quantitative paradigms, in. Guba and lincoln 1994 who are leaders in the field define a paradigm as a basic set of beliefs or worldview that guides research action or an investigation. Lincoln 1995 referred to these as extrinsic criteria having emerged from outside. Lincoln and guba describe a series of techniques that can be used to conduct qualitative research that achieves the criteria they outline.

We acknowledge at once our own commitment to constructivism which we earlier called naturalistic inquiry. Guidelines and checklist for constructivist aka fourth. Fourth generation evaluation represents a monumental shift in evaluation practice. Lincoln 1994, the inquirer is cast in the role of instigator and facili tator p. Raw data recorded videotapes, written field notes, documents, survey results. Vice president of division j postsecondary education of the american educational research association, dr. Lincoln and guba argue that ensuring credibility is one of most important. Pdf an exploration of fourth generation evaluation in. A journal of theory, research, and development, v30 n4 p23352 win 1982. In fourth generation evaluation, guba and lincoln present a strong, unequivocal argument for the epistemological, methodological, and ethical superiority of their refined constructivist inquiry paradigm for the political and practical demands of program evaluation. Guba and lincoln point to the inherent problems faced by previous generations of evaluatorspolitics, ethical dilemmas, imperfections and gaps, inconclusive deductions and lay the blame for failure and nonutilization at the feet of the unquestioned reliance on. The postmodern paradigms that we discussed postmodernist critical theory and constructivism 1 were in contention with the received positivist and postpositivist paradigms. Pdf an exploration of fourth generation evaluation in practice. On august 7, 1980 he married yvonna sessions lincoln.

Epistemological and methodological bases of naturalistic. International journal of qualitative methods volume 16. Egon g guba showing how science is limited by its dominant mode of investigation, lincoln and. Validity, reliability and triangulation in case study method. Pdf paradigmatic controversies, contradictions, and. Pdf competing paradigms in qualitative research semantic. Pdf on jun 22, 2010, jan armstrong and others published naturalistic inquiry. Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research nurse key. Competing paradigms in qualitative research egon g. But of course the shift to another metaphysical system does not remove all ethical dilemmas and, while relieving some, may.