Validity issues in narrative research

被引:376
作者
Polkinghorne, Donald E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ So Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
关键词
interpretation; narrative; research; validity;
D O I
10.1177/1077800406297670
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Attention to the judgments about the validity of research-generated knowledge claims is integral to all social science research. During the past several decades, knowledge development has been split into two communities: conventional researchers and reformist researchers. Narrative research is positioned within the reformist community. The two communities use different kinds of data and employ different analytic processes. In both communities, researchers develop arguments to convince readers of the validity of their knowledge claims. Both need to respond to threats to validity inherent in their designs. The threats particular to narrative research relate to two areas: the differences in people's experienced meaning and the stories they tell about this meaning and the connections between storied texts and the interpretations of those texts.
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页码:471 / 486
页数:16
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