Some scholars have opposed the development of permanent unvarying standards for qualitative research

Traditional empiricist criteria are unhelpful when applied to new and alternative ethnographies

Preoccupation with regulative norms about what is good, better, and best have created a virtual cult around criteria

Rules & guidelines help us learn, practice, and perfect

A simple structure of qualitative methodological best practices can encourage dialogue with members of the scientific, experimental, and quantitative communities.

Part of making scholarship powerful is talking in ways that are appreciated by a variety of audiences

Some qualitative scholars have suggested that criteria for goodness must be tied to specific theories, paradigms, or qualitative communities

Conceptualization differentiates between common end goals and the variant mean methods (practices, skills, and crafts) by which these goals are reached

Objective

Criterias

Provide 8 criterions of quality

Each criterion can be approached via a variety of paths and crafts

Creative complexity of the methodological landscape

Governmental and funding agencies’ prefer research that is quantitative, experimental, and statistically generalizable

Parsimonious framework can help us communicate value for our work to a variety of audiences

The research considers:

Procedural ethics (such as human subjects)

Situational and culturally specific ethics

Relational ethics

Exiting ethics (leaving the scene and sharing the research)

The study

Achieves what it purpose to be about

Uses methods and procedures that fit its stated goals

Meaningfully interconnects literature, research questions/foci, findings, and interpretations with each other

The topic of the research is:

Relevant

Timely

Significant

Interesting

The study uses sufficient, abundant, appropriate, and complex

Theoretical constructs

Data and time in the field

Sample(s) Context(s)

Data collection and analysis processes

The study is characterized by:

Self-reflexivity about subjective values, biases, and inclinations of the researcher(s)

Transparency about the methods and challenges

The research is marked by:

Thick description, concrete detail, explication of tacit knowledge, and showing rather than telling

Triangulation or crystallization

Multivocality

Member reflections

The research influences, affects, or moves particular readers or a variety of audiences through

Aesthetic, evocative representation

Naturalistic generalizations

Transferable findings

The research provides a significant contribution:

Conceptually/theoretically Practically

Morally

Methodologically

Heuristically