Question: Dependability and Credibility in Qualitative: Research Using the qualitative article that you previously selected, post the following information: Describe the type of data collected in the study and how it was collected . Discuss how the researchers established the dependability, or reliability, of the data. Discuss how the researchers established the credibility, or validity, of the data. Use the information from the qualitative validity article assigned in this unit's studies, linked in Resources. Discuss how the credibility and dependability of the research contribute to the scientific merit of the research.

Article: Mad, Bad, or Reasonable? Newspaper Portrayals of the Battered Woman Who Kills (By Marianne S. Noh, Matthew T. Lee, and Kathryn M. Feltey)