Member Checking Essay

As noted by Marshall and Rossman (2016), member checking is the process of sharing a one to two-page summary outlining a synthesis of the initial interpretations of the data, to clarify any misinterpretations. According to Houghton, Casey, Shaw, and Murphy (2013), member checking serves as a tool to ensure the proper meanings of interpretations are correct. Member checking also gives researchers the opportunities to gain new insights from participants, who can justifiably augment, clarify, or refute the initial interpretations (Anney, 2014). I will use member a member checking process to help mitigate bias and enrich the study.
Sotiriadou et al. (2014) discussed the use of NVivo data analysis software to identify themes through data coding. …show more content…
The method for study research is a qualitative research method. The qualitative research method allows for the descriptive and interpretive information be relayed through the interview by following the interview protocol (Yin, 2014). As suggested by Yin (2013), the qualitative research method is the method used to address how and why questions thereby addressing the central research question in this proposed study. Also, the qualitative research method was chosen for this study to allow for study participants to express their knowledge in addressing the research topic through responding to semistructured interviews with open-ended questions (see Appendix …show more content…
As noted by Frels and Onwuegbuzie (2013), the mixed methods research approach is a combination of not only the qualitative research method, but also the quantitative research method. Quantitative statistical information was not the intent of this study because the focus will be to acquire rich, in-depth qualitative information to address the research question. Analyzing variables would not result in the knowledge needed to address the research question, so neither the mixed methods or quantitative approach would be