Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to do the following:

13.1 Assess the main challenges involved in interviewing key informants and plan questions regarding each research stage (i.e., research design, data collection, reporting of results).

13.2 Formulate the benefits of using Computer-Aided Text Analysis (CATA) in your research.

13.3 Describe best-practice recommendations for improving the accuracy of CATA measurement in your research (i.e., minimize transient error, specific factor error, and algorithm error).

13.4 Critically evaluate the trustworthiness of methodological literature reviews regarding the methods you are more interested in.

13.5 Implement best-practice recommendations for developing methodological literature reviews.

13.6 Verify that you are doing everything possible to improve transparency and replicability in your qualitative research.

13.7 Argue why mixed methods can lead to important theoretical advancements in the social and behavioral sciences.

13.8 Judge the transparency criteria in your qualitative research and asses the three types of replicability.