The supervisors were assigned a supervisory role over the enumerators to ensure credibility in the data collection process.
This ensured that the evolution of the qualitative results could be followed by an external observer, to ensure credibility of the data collection and analytical process.
Members check by the participants of the study was not done and the credibility in the data collection is dependent upon the close and mutual respect that was established between the interviewers and the parents.
The clear transparency of the measurement and issuances based on Q* through the notification of provincial governors, hospital directors and physicians proved to enhance credibility and support for the data collection.
Last month, the Twitter world was critical of a change in an editorial about President Obama's credibility on the government's phone data collection, making much of The Times's apparent softening of its position.
Throughout all data collection and analysis, credibility, dependability and transferability [ 24] were emphasised.
Credibility will be established by triangulating data collection methods and sources and having at least two researchers independently code and analyze the transcripts (analyst triangulation) (52, 62).
The credibility of the study depends on both a rigorous method in data collection and analysis, and the credibility of the researcher [ 42].
Credibility was also enhanced through the researchers' complementary insights into the data collection process as well as the collected data.
The trustworthiness of qualitative inquiry depends on the credibility and rigor of the study design, the data collection and analyses, and finally on the arguments put forward and the evidence on which they rest.
