A situation where findings from multiple types of data, researchers or sources produce similar results, strengthening the credibility of the study is :
Triangulation
Triangulation means using more than one data source, method, investigator or theory to study the same phenomenon. Norman Denzin (1970) described data, investigator, theory and methodological triangulation.
When findings from different types of data, researchers or sources converge on similar results, the credibility and validity of the study are strengthened; this is the purpose of triangulation in qualitative research.
Ethnography is the study of a culture or group through prolonged fieldwork, grounded theory builds theory inductively from data, and experimentation tests cause-effect relationships; none of these is defined by agreement across sources.
Hence, the answer is Triangulation.
Similar Questions
.................... is the characteristic of qualitative research.
Recording of ................. in qualitative research is called as memoing.
Match List I with List II and give your answer using the codes given below :
List I (Grounded Theory) List II (Characteristic) (P) Wuest’s Approach (1) Substantive and Theoretical coding (Q) Glaser’s Classical Approach (2) Postcolonial criticism (R) Straussian Approach (3) Constructivism than discovery (S) Charmaz’s Approach (4) Feministic approach for Nursing (5) Open, Axial and Theoretical coding Codes :
(P) (Q) (R) (S)
Assertion (A) : Qualitative researchers do not contribute to the process of generalisation.
Reason (R) : Because qualitative researchers believe in understanding of phenomena through indepth, study as the essence of qualitative research.
Codes :
Which of the following methods has been used by C. Geertz ?
Which of the following is a characteristic of qualitative methods ?
Ethnography implies :
Which one of the following is not a principle of qualitative research ?
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of ethnographic research ?
A systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the construction of theories through methodical gathering and analysis of data, which operates inductively is ................
Important Questions from Qualitative Research - Teaching
- Which designs are systematic, qualitative procedures that researchers use to generate a general explanation and it leads to process, action or interaction among people?
- The central insight in phenomenological analysis is the ______
- Which research is a portrayal and explanation of social groups and situations in their real life contexts?
- Which is NOT a characteristic of qualitative research?
- Phenomenology is___
