(Article: Silverman, D. (2001). Naturally occurring talk (Chapter 6, pp. 159-192) inInterpreting qualitative data: Methods for analyzing talk, text and interaction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.) (See p. 189)
"If there is a "gold standard" for qualitative research, it should only be the standard for any good research, qualitative or quantitative, social or natural science – and that requires affirmative answers to two questions. Have the researchers demonstrated successfully why we should believe them? And does the research problem tackled have theoretical and/or practical significance?" (p. 189)
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