... to late 1970's, focussing principally on their reportage of economic and industrial relations. Firstly it is perhaps necessary to define the terms reliability, generalisation and interpretation in the context of qualitative research. The notion of generalisation here centres around the extent to which the results of qualitative research can be said to apply in a wider context beyond the confines of a given study. In short it relates to the extent to which qualitative study can be seen to be useful on a more general level outside the specific topic of the study. The term 'interpretation' in this context relates to the question of how feasible it is for the researcher to perceive events in the same way as they are perceived by the subject, and how easy it is to evaluate the validity of these interpretations. Finally, the use of the term 'reliability' in relation to qualitative analysis refers ...

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