Griffith University, 4222, Australia.
Soc Sci Med. 2022 Sep;309:115217. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115217. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Saturation is critical to reliability of qualitative social sciences, but methods descriptions differ greatly in the degree of detail provided. Rigour could be improved by routinely following a ten-step methodological protocol. 1. Define the underlying disciplinary framework. 2. Specify the target class precisely. 3. Show how participants or cases were selected or excluded. 4. Describe techniques to minimise inadvertent or indirect selection bias. 5. Report homogeneity or heterogeneity of cases, relative to the focus of analysis. 6. Report processes for elicitation or extraction of information content. 7. Select code, meaning or model saturation. 8. Specify code and concept fineness or granularity. 9. Report order and randomisation of cases. 10. Define the level of precision in post facto tests of saturation.
饱和度对定性社会科学的可靠性至关重要，但方法描述在提供的详细程度上差异很大。通过例行遵循十步方法论方案，可以提高严谨性。1. 定义基础学科框架。2. 精确指定目标类别。3. 展示参与者或案例是如何被选择或排除的。4. 描述最小化无意或间接选择偏差的技术。5. 报告相对于分析重点的案例的同质性或异质性。6. 报告启发或提取信息内容的过程。7. 选择代码、含义或模型饱和度。8. 指定代码和概念的细度或粒度。9. 报告案例的顺序和随机化。10. 定义事后测试饱和度的精度水平。
