To enhance the credibility of findings, the interviews took place in natural settings, the time and place of which were determined by the participant.
Mr. Weisel said the credibility of the people interviewed in an October report by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which described Mr. Armstrong's doping activities, persuaded him that the cyclist had used performance-enhancing drugs.
But even as Mr. Schwarzenegger apologized, some of his aides and allies took a different tack, denouncing the Los Angeles Times story and questioning the credibility of the women interviewed.
To ensure an audit trail as one of the main characteristic of credibility, all the interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim and the process of developing themes in the analysis was noted.
Otherwise, the credibility of your interview is diminished.
Furthermore, only one study conducted a verification procedure (member checking) to establish the credibility of interview results and author interpretations [ 6].
To further strengthen the credibility, excerpts from the interviews were included in the results.
Even as the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, has said that the crisis has threatened the "moral credibility" of the church, he acknowledged in an interview this week that he had not personally discussed the abuse crisis with the pope, a fact he attributed to the structure of the Vatican's communications apparatus.
The trustworthiness and credibility of the data was ensured by multiple interview sessions with the respondents.
Triangulation of one-on-one and focus group interview data helped enhance the credibility of the findings by enabling cross verification from these two forms of interview.
Summaries of the researcher's interpretation of a data collected in a previous interview when discussed with participants at a subsequent interview can enhance the credibility of the data.
