Understanding triangulation in research
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...…in mind that the triangulation of data can result in sometimes contradictory and inconsistent results; however, it is up to the researcher to make sense of them for the reader and to demonstrate the richness of the information gleaned from the data (Heale & Forbes, 2013: O’Reilly & Parker, 2013)....
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...Mixing methods is a form of triangulation in research seen as mitigating the weaknesses found in single methods.(8) The first research method was a chart audit, conducted on randomly selected charts of adult patients in five NPLCs who had diabetes and at least one additional chronic condition....
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...Mixed methods or triangulation of methodology can provide a more comprehensive picture than a single methodology (Heale & Forbes, 2013)....
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...Below we will try to illuminate some issues where the qualitative findings can be seen as converging and complementing some of the previous results based on quantitative methodology (Heale & Forbes, 2013)....
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...Study Setting and Design This was a cross-sectional mixed method study employing both quantitative and qualitative designs using the concept of methodological triangulation (26)....
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...4 The technique was originally introduced into qualitative research in the 1950s as a means to avoid potential biases arising from the use of a single methodology.(4) This technique is used to confirm suggested findings, but it can also be used to determine the completeness of data....
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...Alternatively, the study may use two different data collection methods as with qualitative and quantitative.(4) “This can allow the limitations from each method to be transcended by comparing findings from different perspectives....
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