TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways for community research in sport and physical activity
T2 - Criteria for consideration
AU - Schinke, Robert J
AU - Smith, Brett
AU - McGannon, Kerry R
PY - 2013/11/29
Y1 - 2013/11/29
N2 - This paper focuses on how researchers might approach judging community scholarship and what criteria might be used to evaluate this work. It is suggested that rather than adopting a criteriologist approach that proposes pre-established, permanent and universal criteria, a relativist approach is more suitable for making fair and informed judgments about the quality of research. This approach proposes that criteria should be viewed as lists of characterising traits that are open to reinterpretation as times, conditions and purposes change. Informed by a relativist approach to validity, a list of criteria to evaluate community scholarship coupled with recommendations for application is offered for consideration.
AB - This paper focuses on how researchers might approach judging community scholarship and what criteria might be used to evaluate this work. It is suggested that rather than adopting a criteriologist approach that proposes pre-established, permanent and universal criteria, a relativist approach is more suitable for making fair and informed judgments about the quality of research. This approach proposes that criteria should be viewed as lists of characterising traits that are open to reinterpretation as times, conditions and purposes change. Informed by a relativist approach to validity, a list of criteria to evaluate community scholarship coupled with recommendations for application is offered for consideration.
U2 - 10.1080/2159676X.2013.846274
DO - 10.1080/2159676X.2013.846274
M3 - Article
SN - 2159-676X
VL - 5
SP - 460
EP - 468
JO - Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
JF - Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
IS - 3
ER -