title: [Reconstituting evaluation methods based on both qualitative and quantitative paradigms].
abstract: Debate about the relationship between quantitative and qualitative paradigms is often muddled and confusing and the clutter of terms and arguments has resulted in the concepts becoming obscure and unrecognizable. In this study we conducted content analysis regarding evaluation methods of qualitative healthcare research. We extracted descriptions on four types of evaluation paradigm (validity/credibility, reliability/credibility, objectivity/confirmability, and generalizability/transferability), and classified them into subcategories. In quantitative research, there has been many evaluation methods based on qualitative paradigms, and vice versa. Thus, it might not be useful to consider evaluation methods of qualitative paradigm are isolated from those of quantitative methods. Choosing practical evaluation methods based on the situation and prior conditions of each study is an important approach for researchers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan. hiroaki.miyata@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: Suguru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshie
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kai
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design