Vignette The full time tenured competitive service employee has received yet another performance rating of "successful". For the past several years, she has strived for an above average rating of either "outstanding" or "excellence". Her performance reviews are extremely bland and offer no suggestions as to why the ratings are at best, "mediocre". She has participated in conferences, on and off-site job training sessions, and seminars, but nothing helps to promote or grow in her current career. She has applied for other positions outside of her current organization, however, her efforts have proven fruitless. She understands that if her performance does not improve, she will not be able to move around in her current department nor will she
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The vignette must 1) serve a purpose relative to the research problem, 2) offer substantive explorative context, and 3) introduce an alternative form of representing data. Reflection, as a component of action research, teaches the idea of learning as a part of growth. To this, the vignette was used in order to provide a less personal and threatening way to tell a story about learning and professional development opportunities within the Department. Ruzicka (2013) explained that while “vignettes have the potential to explore meanings and interpretations not easily accessible through other methods” (p. 17), like other data presenting measures, “use of these illustrative portrayals also pose several problems: establishing reliability and validity, especially external validity” (p. …show more content…
First, triangulation of qualitative sources support finding by including comparative analysis for different types of sources based on similar factors and methods. Next is the mixed method triangulation concept. This type of triangulation involves integrating quantitative and qualitative research methodology in order to support the findings. The consistency of results based on different data collection methods adds credibility and “elucidates complementary aspects of the same phenomenon” (Crabtree, 2006, para 5). Third, the multiple analysts triangulation approach utilizes “two or more persons independently to analyze the same qualitative data and compare their findings” (Patton, 2015, p. 665). Finally, the theory triangulation approach. It differs from the other approaches in that findings are supported by alternative theoretical frameworks instead of integrating results. According to Patton (2015), this approach uses different perspectives to examine and interpret the data in order to render a better understanding of “how differing assumptions and premises affect findings and interpretations” (p.
The vignette must 1) serve a purpose relative to the research problem, 2) offer substantive explorative context, and 3) introduce an alternative form of representing data. Reflection, as a component of action research, teaches the idea of learning as a part of growth. To this, the vignette was used in order to provide a less personal and threatening way to tell a story about learning and professional development opportunities within the Department. Ruzicka (2013) explained that while “vignettes have the potential to explore meanings and interpretations not easily accessible through other methods” (p. 17), like other data presenting measures, “use of these illustrative portrayals also pose several problems: establishing reliability and validity, especially external validity” (p. …show more content…
First, triangulation of qualitative sources support finding by including comparative analysis for different types of sources based on similar factors and methods. Next is the mixed method triangulation concept. This type of triangulation involves integrating quantitative and qualitative research methodology in order to support the findings. The consistency of results based on different data collection methods adds credibility and “elucidates complementary aspects of the same phenomenon” (Crabtree, 2006, para 5). Third, the multiple analysts triangulation approach utilizes “two or more persons independently to analyze the same qualitative data and compare their findings” (Patton, 2015, p. 665). Finally, the theory triangulation approach. It differs from the other approaches in that findings are supported by alternative theoretical frameworks instead of integrating results. According to Patton (2015), this approach uses different perspectives to examine and interpret the data in order to render a better understanding of “how differing assumptions and premises affect findings and interpretations” (p.