|
Once the case studies have been written, validation of the correct understanding and portrayal of the facts is sought by sending the draft case studies first to a the interview partners and once the feedback and critique has been taken into account, the studies are published on the research project wiki and further feedback is solicited and discussed by spreading messages though online channels such as blogs. This technique has been described as subject discourse and member validation. Seal describes the technique as “seeking agreement from actors as to the truth of a researcher’s account” (Seale, 1999, p. 63).
Concretely the following reviews have been solicited either in personal meetings, phone meetings or written form (see table 2.1):
Table 2.1 - Obtained Case Validation Feedback
This methodological aspect is central to the research’s claim validation, due to the very broad distribution of interviewees and the subsequent thematic diversity, which on the one hand enabled the researcher to construct a holistic understanding and diagnosis of the institutions, but on the other hand increased the need for interpretation. Furthermore did the research feel a direct relevance of the insights to the institutions in question, because the practice of seeking actor agreement caused e.g. at the FU interesting feedback for the researcher and considerable internal discourse possibly leading to policy shifts etc.
Users' Comments (0) 
|
|
|
