ABSTRACT
Chapter 10: Rigor has three main sections. It starts with a brief story about the contentious issue of rigor and a sample of how rigor criteria has changed over the past 40 years. The second section provides five options for managing rigor. The third section outlines the strategies that researchers can use to ensure rigor in their work. Appendix K holds a table that outlines the evolution of suggested criteria for ensuring rigorous or good qualitative research. The objective of the exercise at the end of the chapter is to understand how particular criteria compare and contrast and how strategies can be used to meet these particular criteria.
