Interviewee Response Validation - Cross-Checking

To achieve a high degree of validity, data collected from several sources were compared and cross-checked [300, 301]. Answers from respondents were checked against  

Sourced references produced by the respondents during interviews to support their statements  

Background information on the actor organisation (e.g., background documentation, policy documents, position statements) and previous research studies. 

If an interviewee expressed uncertainty as to the validity of his/ her response, the data were omitted from the research findings. Information provided by the interviewees that was outside the scope of the study was excluded, for example  

6 For the purposes of the PhD viva voce, the complete set of interview notes was made available to the examiners as a separate annex to the thesis. 

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