This article by Stacy M. Carter and Miles Little clarifies a framework for qualitative research, focusing on evaluating its quality through the lens of epistemology, methodology, and method. Epistemology, which deals with the nature of knowledge and justification, influences the researcher-participant relationship, measures of research quality, and the form, voice, and representation in analysis and writing. Methodology, shaped by research objectives, questions, and study design, provides a rationale for methodological choices and can prescribe methodological options. Method, the practical activities of research such as sampling, data collection, and analysis, is constrained by and visible through methodological and epistemic choices. The authors argue that good quality qualitative research attends to all three elements and demonstrates internal consistency between them, transcending standardized checklists and facilitating innovation and diversity in qualitative research practice. They emphasize the importance of considering these elements in the research process, from choosing an epistemological position to selecting methods that produce the best data to answer research questions.This article by Stacy M. Carter and Miles Little clarifies a framework for qualitative research, focusing on evaluating its quality through the lens of epistemology, methodology, and method. Epistemology, which deals with the nature of knowledge and justification, influences the researcher-participant relationship, measures of research quality, and the form, voice, and representation in analysis and writing. Methodology, shaped by research objectives, questions, and study design, provides a rationale for methodological choices and can prescribe methodological options. Method, the practical activities of research such as sampling, data collection, and analysis, is constrained by and visible through methodological and epistemic choices. The authors argue that good quality qualitative research attends to all three elements and demonstrates internal consistency between them, transcending standardized checklists and facilitating innovation and diversity in qualitative research practice. They emphasize the importance of considering these elements in the research process, from choosing an epistemological position to selecting methods that produce the best data to answer research questions.