What is Triangulation?
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One increases the statistical power of a quantitative study by increasing the sample size. This reduces the chance that a real effect (rather than an apparent effect brought about by sampling variability) will be overlooked. Does triangulation offer the qualitative methodologist who is conducting a grounded theory or narrative inquiry study a similar reduction in the likelihood of overlooking important results? Why or why not?
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One increases the statistical power of a quantitative study by increasing the sample size. This reduces the chance that a real effect (rather than an apparent effect brought about by sampling variability) will be overlooked. Does triangulation offer the qualitative methodologist who is conducting a grounded theory or narrative inquiry study a similar reduction in the likelihood of overlooking important results? Why or why not?
Before assessing whether triangulation offers a qualitative and superior method for studying psychological phenomena we have to define triangulations in this context. Triangulation is broadly defined as "the combination of methodologies in the study of the same phenomenon." (Denzin 1978, 291) Some techniques used for triangulation are ...
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