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Discuss how qualitative researchers ensure that the questions they develop for interviews (individual interviews, focus group interviews, or observation notes) are valid and reliable. Your point of discussion should include reflexivity, researcher's voice, and confidentiality in qualitative research.

Answer the following,

-The general and common considerations to generate valid and reliable conclusions from qualitative research instrumentation with a rationale.
-A specific expert panel review procedure that you might use for your study with rationale.
-Discuss the expert panel review procedures at a minimum and discuss how to find and solicit the panel to assist with interview questions in qualitative research.

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-The general and common considerations to generate valid and reliable conclusions from qualitative research instrumentation with a rationale.

To assist in the validity of questions and ensure reliability with qualitative research researchers should do background research on the interviewee, use open-ended questions when collecting general information, use pointed questions for collecting facts, keep wording neutral, and leave room for a general question at the end of the interview.

Researchers should gather history of the person or group that is being interviewed to ascertain their experiences and assist in framing the right questions. Gathering information on where subjects have lived, worked, their personal interests, etc. can help the researcher predict answers that they may get from their research subjects.

Avoiding yes or no questions can assist in obtaining descriptions on the general histories of research subjects. Qualitative researchers should use open-ended questions, which enable interviewees to ...

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