Rigour in Action Research

This article, "Quality and rigour of action research in IS" by Judy McKay & Peter Marshall give a good discussion on rigour aspect of AR. Using the four elements introduced by Guba & Lincoln (1989), the paper provide a brief explanation of (1) credibility, (2) transferability, (3) dependability, and (4) confirmability, and show how to use them in evaluating an AR report.

Some related links:Techniques for establshing trustworthiness.

• http://www.qualres.net/HomeLinc-3684.html

Reference: McKay J. & Marshall, P (2000). Quality and Rigour of Action Research in Information Systems. In Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Information Systems (Hansen HR, Bichler M, Mahrer H eds.), 108-115, Vienna.