#4 memorize: triangulation and reflexivity

Question/prompt

Explain triangulation and reflexivity in one qualitative study

Restate prompt

Today I will be explaining triangulation and reflexivity and how it is demonstrated in the Rosenhan study.

to start, triangulation is…..

..a combination of different approaches to collecting and interpreting data.

There are ___ types of triangulation….. researcher triangulation is…..

There are 4 types of triangulation, one type is researcher triangulation, which is combining the observations/interpretations of different researchers.

Next, reflexivity is…..

..when researchers should know the possibility that their own biases might’ve interfered with observations or interpretations.

There are ___ types of reflexivity, one being personal reflexivity which is…..

There are 2 types of reflexivity, one being personal reflexivity which is understanding how ones personal beliefs and expectations of the researcher may affect results.

Intro to second para:

A study that uses both researcher triangulation and personal reflexivity is the Rosenhan Study.

For the Rosenhan study, the aim was to…..

Investigate whether psychiatrists in a naturalistic setting could tell the difference between sane & insane people.

In the procedure…..

8 healthy subjects tried to gain admission into psychiatric hospitals saying they heard voices in their head, this being the only symptom. Upon admission, patients stopped hearing voices, behaved normally and wrote down their observations.

the results showed that…..

7/8 patients were admitted to a hospital with diagnosis of schizophrenia, all released with schizophrenia in remission.

(Reasoning

This study shows researcher triangulation and personal reflexivity because Rosenhan sent numerous participants to more than one mental hospital to get many observations, and the prior beliefs and experiences of the healthy patients could potentially influence how they saw the institution and how they reported it.