A step a researcher took to strengthen their study. Classify it against Lincoln & Guba's four criteria — Credibility, Transferability, Dependability, or Confirmability — so you reach for the right one on purpose, not by habit.
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Context
Which criterion does this strengthen?
Credibility — do the findings genuinely reflect participants' views? ·
Transferability — could someone judge whether this applies elsewhere? ·
Dependability — could another researcher follow the same trail of decisions? ·
Confirmability — are the findings traceable back to the data, not just the researcher?