Journal
QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Volume 26, Issue 13, Pages 1802-1811Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1049732316654870
Keywords
member checking; trustworthiness; respondent validation; participant validation; melanoma; credibility; qualitative method; United Kingdom
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- NIHR Clinical Lectureship by a NIHR Clinician Scientist award
- National Institute for Health Research [NIHR-CS-012-030] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [NIHR-CS-012-030] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
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The trustworthiness of results is the bedrock of high quality qualitative research. Member checking, also known as participant or respondent validation, is a technique for exploring the credibility of results. Data or results are returned to participants to check for accuracy and resonance with their experiences. Member checking is often mentioned as one in a list of validation techniques. This simplistic reporting might not acknowledge the value of using the method, nor its juxtaposition with the interpretative stance of qualitative research. In this commentary, we critique how member checking has been used in published research, before describing and evaluating an innovative in-depth member checking technique, Synthesized Member Checking. The method was used in a study with patients diagnosed with melanoma. Synthesized Member Checking addresses the co-constructed nature of knowledge by providing participants with the opportunity to engage with, and add to, interview and interpreted data, several months after their semi-structured interview.
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