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TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity in image-based research
T2 - an elaborated illustration of the issues
AU - Simco, Neil
AU - Warin, Jo
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - This article is concerned with the trustworthiness of products of research which are derived from image‐based data. Fundamentally it asks whether validity represents an appropriate measure of the quality of research which uses such data. Two examples of image‐based research are taken from recent work undertaken by the authors. A comparison of these examples provides a well‐grounded illustration of the issues confronted by the researchers in their attempt to consider the validity of their findings. The resulting discussion develops the argument that the concept of validity is particularly problematic in its application to image‐based research. We present a tentative strategy for ensuring trustworthiness that is based on five key criteria: completeness, adequacy of interpretation, transparency, self‐reflection and the aggregation of conflicting interpretations.
AB - This article is concerned with the trustworthiness of products of research which are derived from image‐based data. Fundamentally it asks whether validity represents an appropriate measure of the quality of research which uses such data. Two examples of image‐based research are taken from recent work undertaken by the authors. A comparison of these examples provides a well‐grounded illustration of the issues confronted by the researchers in their attempt to consider the validity of their findings. The resulting discussion develops the argument that the concept of validity is particularly problematic in its application to image‐based research. We present a tentative strategy for ensuring trustworthiness that is based on five key criteria: completeness, adequacy of interpretation, transparency, self‐reflection and the aggregation of conflicting interpretations.
U2 - 10.1080/0141192970230508
DO - 10.1080/0141192970230508
M3 - Journal article
VL - 23
SP - 671
EP - 673
JO - British Educational Research Journal
JF - British Educational Research Journal
SN - 0141-1926
IS - 5
ER -