12 Aug What are strengths and weaknesses of the qualitative methods used in this report for this topic?

1. What are strengths and weaknesses of the qualitative methods used in this report for this topic?
2. What questions arise about the researchers’ social positionality, reflexivity and the researchers’ relationships with participants?
   • How might the researchers’ feelings or background have influenced the observations and interpretations?
   • How much did the researcher participate-observe, or reveal their identity (overt-covert)?
3. How do the authors address issues of reliability and validity? What concerns to you have about reliability and/or validity?
4. What form of qualitative analysis does the author apply?
   • What analytic techniques (e.g. thick description, coding, inter-rater reliability, triangulation, case study comparisons, etc.) do the authors describe?
   • What is the most effective feature of presenting data in the report that leads to an in-depth understanding of the topic?

1. Conclusions and Reporting
   • How well does the researcher tie the research question(s), the methods and the conclusions together in the end? Give evidence.
     1. How well do the researchers address ethical concerns? What procedures are implemented that adequately protect participants’ rights and welfare?
     2. In what ways are the conclusions in this study consistent with the limitations of the design and the representativeness of the sample? Are there ways in which the conclusions are overstated?
     3. What evidence is there that the research replicates, modifies, extends, or contradicts previous studies?
     4. What shortcomings in the study design or execution has the researcher reported?
     5. Does the author discuss the implications of study results for future research?

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