The Importance Of Triangulation

Crow & Holland (2013) relayed that interviewing is a social interaction occurring within a particular social context, which has implications for thinking about rigor and ethics. For this researcher, totally unexpected responses were elicited by questions. In particular, to act both rigorously and ethically, this researcher included an acknowledgment and reflection on why and how unexpected responses challenged this researcher’s own ideas and thinking. It should be noted that the findings that were different and did not fit were not discarded or erased from the research. This data were utilized by this researcher to reflect on unexpected or contradictory research outcomes and as points of knowledge and information, rather than just failures

(2014) described the importance of triangulation is that all of the outcomes, whether convergent, inconsistent, and contradictory, should be filtered through other knowledge about the setting. As such, triangulation seldom provides a particular view of a circumstance, but can offer a rich and multifaceted representation of the phenomenon under study. Triangulation is typically a strategy or test for improving the validity and reliability of research or evaluation of findings.

Rennie, Venville, & Wallace (2011) advocated the use of combining methods when applying triangulation to a qualitative study for increased strength of the study. In essence, this researcher essentially combined different kinds of data or methods during the triangulation process. In agreement with this view, Singh (2015) expounded on judging validity and reliability within the realism paradigm which relies on multiple perceptions about a single reality. They argued the involvement of triangulation of several data sources and their interpretations with those multiple perceptions in the realism

Leech & Onwuegbuzie (2008), suggested in essence, the interaction of individual educational experiences, environmental, and social conditions that occurred throughout the experiences being examined became an essential component of the data analysis. Therefore, this researcher asked participants to recollect their experiences, and for the most part, they were able to do so. Another advantage of utilizing this qualitative approach for this research project was the opportunity to allow the participants to be spontaneous and flexible with their interviews. Turner (2010) purported that this flexibility has proved to be valuable by enabling the exploration of each participant’s unique experience through additional probing questions relating to specific events. A third point supported by (Gill Stewart, Treasure, & Chadwick (2008) that was advantageous for this research was the importance of good interviewing skills in the facilitation of the data collection and analysis process. Utilizing the ability to be sensitive, responsive, and empathetic was crucial. The use of simultaneously listening, introducing probing questioning, and summarizing through the process of analysis and interpretation arewere essential in the interviewing and analysis stage of this research. And finally, (Merriam, 2009) stressed the importance of how collecting a wealth