Member checking

How it is used

Feedback can clarify interpretations without guaranteeing their correctness.

Example sentences

1. During member checking, two teachers corrected our account of the meeting.

   Participants corrected the researcher's event record.

2. We used member checking to discuss our interpretation of the interview themes.

   Feedback concerns interpretation, not just transcription.

Common collocations

• conduct member checking
• member checking process

Related terms

• participantA person who takes part in a study, for example by answering a questionnaire, being interviewed or completing an experiment.
• triangulationUsing more than one data source, method, researcher or theory to study the same question, so that findings can be checked against each other.

More terms: Research Design

• research
• research question
• hypothesis
• methodology
• qualitative
• quantitative
• sample
• questionnaire
• case study
• carry out
• validity
• reliability