Alternative approaches to establishing reliability and validity
British Journal of NursingPublished 25 May 1995
Mike Nolan, Ruhi Behi
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It is suggested that there are no hard and fast rules that can be applied to all research studies and that what constitutes 'authentic' research depends upon the paradigm within which a given study is conducted.
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This article considers a variety of alternatives to the classical notions of reliability and validity. It suggests that there are no hard and fast rules that can be applied to all research studies and that what constitutes 'authentic' research depends upon the paradigm within which a given study is conducted.
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