EDET 636 Impact of
Technology on Students
Week 10 Blog
Essential Question: What primary concerns exist in ethics,
validity and reliability in AR? How are you managing these concerns (or how
will you) within your study?
One facet
of action research is to share the research with others who are in the same
field so that they can hopefully apply what was learned in their own practices.
If others are going to take research as truth, the research needs to show a
standard of ethics, validity, and reliability. For the most part these
standards are fairly uniform over all schools of subject and when it comes to
Education research, there are even a bit more ethics that needs to be adhered
to. Merriam and Tisdell explain that “every researcher wants to contribute
knowledge to the field that is believable and trustworthy” and because of this
there is a huge concern on providing ethical, reliable, and valid qualitative
research. (2016)
There are
multiple ways for research to be credible and this can be done “by using
triangulation, checking interpretations with individuals interviewed or
observed, staying on site over a period of time, asking peers to comment on
emerging findings, and clarifying researcher biases and assumptions.” (Merriem
& Tisdell, 2016) To have valid data and outcomes “you want to have
some others review it, to give their expert and experienced opinion as to
whether it measures the concept or idea you designed it to.” (IUPUI, 2002) In
attempt to for my research to be credible I will be sharing my findings with my
colleagues and with them come up with some outcomes. If I am going to have any
qualitative data that requires me to interpret what students feel about the two
methods that I used for RTI, I will clarify with students on my interpretation
of their words.
In an
article written by Research Methodology,
it is said, “research reliability is the degree to which research method
produces stable and consistent results.” (2017) Some methods that would be used
to find stable and consistent results are test-retest, parallel-forms of
research, inter-rater research, and internal consistent research. In my own
research, it is difficult to do any of these methods to show reliability but if
I had more time, I would do the research over again with another set of
students.
In hopes to
be all encompassing valid, reliable, and ethical I will be completely open by
being honest about the whole research process. This will include dates, data, mistakes,
questions on the surveys, and the method of the patterns in the findings.
Resources:
IUPUI School of
Education (2002). Validity and
Reliability. PACE University in conjunction with Great Cities Universities.
Retrieved from http://webpage.pace.edu/jkilbane/gcu/understanding/designing/validity.html
Merriam, S. B.
& Tisdell, E. J. (2016). Qualitative
Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation. San Franciso, CA. John
Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Research
Methodology (2017). Reliability.
Retrieved from https://research-methodology.net/research-methodology/reliability-validity-and-repeatability/research-reliability/
Winter, R. (2002)
Truth or fiction: problems of validity
and authenticity in narratives of action research. Educational Action
Research, 10:1, 143-154, DOI: 10.1080/09650790200200178
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