Credibility, validity, reliability and transferability
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The document provides an overview of key research concepts in counselling, specifically credibility, validity, reliability, and transferability. Each term is defined and explained in relation to the research process, emphasizing the importance of well-defined questions, appropriate methodologies, and ethical standards. The session aims to equip participants with the ability to describe and apply these concepts in evaluating research.
Credibility, validity, reliability and transferability
- 1. Credibility, Validity and Transferability Research Methods for Counselling
- 2. Aims By the end of this session you will be able to describe the terms: • • • • • Credibility Validity Reliability Transferability Triangulation
- 4. Credibility • Is the research trustworthy? • Is the research believable? • Are the researcher's conclusions supported by the research findings?
- 5. What Makes Research Credible? 1. Well defined research question or well defined aims 2. Consistent and appropriate methodology 3. Systematic and comprehensive literature review 4. Sound ethical standards (including objectivity) 5. Appropriate data collection and analysis 6. Evidence based discussion and conclusion
- 7. Validity • Is the way in which the research is designed capable of answering the research question? • Does it measure or test the research topic as intended? • Validity refers to the degree to which a study accurately reflects or assesses the specific concept that the researcher is attempting to measure Sometimes called internal validity
- 9. Reliability • Is the research repeatable? • If the research is repeated and consistently yields the same results we can say the research design is reliable. • While reliability is concerned with the accuracy of the actual measuring instrument or procedure, validity is concerned with the study's success at measuring what the researcher set out to measure.
- 10. Transferability • Is the research applicable to other contexts and situations? • Can the results be generalised? • Can the findings be applied beyond the boundaries of the research? This is sometimes called external validity
- 12. Please complete the questions on your work sheet Hand it to your tutor for checking and feedback
- 13. Terminology Credibility – is the research trustworthy? Validity – is the research design capable of answering the question? Reliability – is the research repeatable with consistent results Transferability – can the findings be used in another context? Triangulation – involves examining the topic with different methods
- 14. Conclusions We have explored the meanings of these terms: • • • • • Credibility Validity Reliability Transferability Triangulation