Credibility
The credibility criteria involve establishing that the results of qualitative research are credible or believable from the perspective of the participant in the research. Since from this perspective, the purpose of qualitative research is to describe or understand the phenomena of interest from the participant's eyes, the participants are the only ones who can legitimately judge the credibility of the results (Guba & Lincoln, 1989).
In this study, the researcher carefully designed and controlled the data collection and data analysis procedures to ensure the credibility of the research results. First, the timeline interview technique solicited respondents’ own accounts of the relevance judgments they made on weather information in
The credibility criteria involve establishing that the results of qualitative research are credible or believable from the perspective of the participant in the research. Since from this perspective, the purpose of qualitative research is to describe or understand the phenomena of interest from the participant's eyes, the participants are the only ones who can legitimately judge the credibility of the results (Guba & Lincoln, 1989).
In this study, the researcher carefully designed and controlled the data collection and data analysis procedures to ensure the credibility of the research results. First, the timeline interview technique solicited respondents’ own accounts of the relevance judgments they made on weather information in