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There are many areas of science and technology wherein these debates on the assessment of qualitative research have taken place. 262) suggest that “It is widely assumed that whereas quality criteria for quantitative research are well‐known and widely agreed, this is not the case for qualitative research.” Hence, the question “how to evaluate the quality of qualitative research” has been continuously debated. There are numerous methods that are contained within qualitative research and that are established on diverse philosophical perspectives. To decide what represents good qualitative research is highly debatable. “… It is important to regularly dialogue about what makes for good qualitative research” (Tracy, 2010, p. Since qualitative research is not a cohesive discipline, researchers need to educate and familiarize themselves with applicable norms and decisive factors to evaluate qualitative research from within its theoretical and methodological framework of origin. Owing to the paradigmatic diversity of qualitative research, a single and specific set of quality criteria is neither feasible nor anticipated. Based on the findings of this review, it is concluded that quality criteria are the aftereffect of socio-institutional procedures and existing paradigmatic conducts. It also offers some prospects and recommendations to improve the quality of qualitative research. Overall, this review underlines the crux of qualitative research and accentuates the necessity to evaluate such research by the very tenets of its being. This review presents an investigative assessment of the pivotal features in qualitative research that can permit the readers to pass judgment on its quality and to condemn it as good research when objectively and adequately utilized. Then, references of relevant articles were surveyed to find noteworthy, distinct, and well-defined pointers to good qualitative research. Using a systematic search strategy, published journal articles that deliberate criteria for rigorous research were identified. The aim is to shed light on existing standards for assessing the rigor of qualitative research encompassing a range of epistemological and ontological standpoints.

This review aims to synthesize a published set of evaluative criteria for good qualitative research.