Reconceptualizing the Member Check Interview
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...(Koelsch 2013, p. 169) An often-stated purpose for using member checks is the correction of bias or misinterpretations made by researchers and ensuring accuracy and authenticity in representing participants’ experiences (Fossey et al. 2002; Kornbluh 2015)....
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...In participatory research strategies member checks are usually planned as part of the overall data collection (Koelsch 2013)....
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...…member checking (Cho & Trent 2006; Creswell 2000; Guba & Lincoln 1989; Koelsch 2013; Lincoln & Guba 1985; Tracy 2010) ● Member validation (Bloor 1997; Koelsch 2013) ● Respondent validation (Barbour 2001; Mays & Pope 2000; Tong et al. 2007) ● Member reflections (Tracy 2010) ● Interviewee…...
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...(Koelsch 2013, p. 176) Another type of change described is member checks leading to psychological benefits or “therapeutic” outcomes for research participants....
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...● Member checks, member checking (Cho & Trent 2006; Creswell 2000; Guba & Lincoln 1989; Koelsch 2013; Lincoln & Guba 1985; Tracy 2010) ● Member validation (Bloor 1997; Koelsch 2013) ● Respondent validation (Barbour 2001; Mays & Pope 2000; Tong et al. 2007) ● Member reflections (Tracy 2010) ●…...
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Cites background or methods or result from "Reconceptualizing the Member Check ..."
...…of creating trustworthiness in qualitative research (Creswell & Miller, 2000; Lincoln & Guba, 1986; Stake, 1995); despite its ubiquity, there is very little written about member checking outside of it being an item to be crossed off a research project’s task list (Hallett, 2013; Koelsch, 2013)....
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...Koelsch (2013) suggests the member check was not just...
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...There is a counter argument to member checking as causing harm where researchers have found the member checks and participant interviews to be similar to therapy for the participants (e.g., Doyle, 2007; Harper & Cole, 2012; Koelsch, 2013; Ortiz, 2001)....
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...Koelsch (2013) suggests the member check was not just a place to determine if the researcher got the analysis right, but also a place where the participants reflected on their participation in the study and how their participation affected their thoughts and behaviors....
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..., Harper & Cole, 2012; Koelsch, 2013; Ortiz, 2001), there is a lack of research in how member checking affects participants in the field of education. According to Ortiz (2001), in-depth interviews with participants provided “cathartic opportunities for selfrevelation and introspective opportunities for self-discovery, both of which may possibly contribute the potential for transformation in self and identity” (p....
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...Lincoln and Guba (1985) described the member check as an optimal means of assessing the validity of a qualitative study because the first step of many qualitative projects is to accurately understand the participant’s worldview....
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...Validity There have been numerous attempts to create, modify, and synthesize criteria for validity in qualitative research (e.g., Creswell & Miller, 2000; Hammersley & Atkinson, 1995; Lather, 1995; Lincoln & Guba, 1985; Parker, 2004; Stiles, 1993; Whitmore, Chase, & Mandle, 2001)....
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...The Member Check The member check, also known as member validation (e.g., Seale, 1999), can be described as a research phase during which “the provisional report (case) is taken back to the site and subjected to the scrutiny of the persons who provided information” (Lincoln & Guba, 1985, p. 236)....
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...Validity There have been numerous attempts to create, modify, and synthesize criteria for validity in qualitative research (e.g., Creswell & Miller, 2000; Hammersley & Atkinson, 1995; Lather, 1995; Lincoln & Guba, 1985; Parker, 2004; Stiles, 1993; Whitmore, Chase, & Mandle, 2001)....
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...Validity There have been numerous attempts to create, modify, and synthesize criteria for validity in qualitative research (e.g., Creswell & Miller, 2000; Hammersley & Atkinson, 1995; Lather, 1995; Lincoln & Guba, 1985; Parker, 2004; Stiles, 1993; Whitmore, Chase, & Mandle, 2001)....
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