Annual of social work, Vol. 21 No. 3, 2014.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.3935/ljsr.v21i2.58
HOW TO REPORT ON QUALITATIVE RESEARCH? GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCHERS, MENTORS AND REVIEWERS
Marina Ajduković
orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-9908
; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
Abstract
Conducting qualitative research is increasingly popular in social work and social policy. At the same time there is a lack of guidelines for reporting and presenting qualitative data and research, which are essential in assessing their credibility. The aim of this paper is to present the Guidelines for Reporting Qualitative Research that will be used by the journal Annual of Social Work from year 2015. The starting point for the development of these guidelines was a list of 32 criteria for reporting qualitative research conducted by means of interviews and focus groups known as COREQ (Tong, Sainsbury and Craig, 2007). Based on the analysis of articles published in the Annual of Social Work this list was complemented with another six criteria related to the theoretical context of a study, choice of data collection methods, ethical issues, modification of the planned research design, framework for data analysis and study limitations. Based on its application in practice and feedback from the authors and reviewers, these guidelines will be revised and open to amendments if needed.
Keywords
qualitative research; credibility; criteria for reporting
Hrčak ID:
134768
URI
Publication date:
14.1.2015.
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