Try triangulation - use a number of different approaches - if patterns agree
using a number of different methods you have a strong case?
Sorry for brevity of answer - soooooooooooo busy, but perhaps other listers
will expand on my brief note?
Sarah Delaney
Research Officer
Health Services Research Centre
Department of Psychology
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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> From: Esther Ehrensaft
> Reply To: qual-software
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 7:01 am
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: More on cross-cultural coding
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> Hi again,
> I noticed that many researchers on the list work in a team and can
> therefore consult with a group for the validity of their coding. In the
> case of a graduate student without a team or adequate funding to create
> herself one, and again, in view of the complex demands of an appropriate
> team knowledgeable on Rwandan culture and without some ethnic bias, any
> ideas on how to increase the validity and verifiability of my NVivo codes?
> Thanks,
> Esther Ehrensaft
> UQAM, Montreal, Canada
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