Infiltration or not, the recent attacks have exposed other security concerns, including the rigor of identification checks and body searches at checkpoints and entryways, and the easy availability of official-looking uniforms and military equipment in shops and bazaars throughout Kabul and the provinces.
Whilst the research team have good control of the depression interventions and will check their fidelity we are not checking the rigor of the vision rehabilitation interventions.
One of the things that distinguishes us is the rigor of our science and our fact checking.
During the interviews, member checking was conducted to ensure rigor of research and that participants views were accurately reported [ 4].
Member checking was used to ensure the rigor of the analysis.
Techniques to ensure analytic rigor included checking (e.g., triangulation, comparison of coding between analysts, seeking alternative explanations for the data), questioning (e.g. interrogating the coherence of interpretation) and coding/data review by two experienced qualitative analysts [ 22].
The principal investigator reviewed these at the outset of their next group meeting, hence providing an effective means for member checking, a strategy used to help ensure the rigor of qualitative research.
Instead, legislative stagnation is cynically defended by those who benefit from it with an unconvincing invocation of the rigors of our system of checks and balances.
While such information does not typically undergo the rigor of (time-consuming) peer review, it has checks and balances.
Scientific rigor for the qualitative data was achieved through procedures to ensure trustworthiness of data, such as checking transcripts for accuracy, using participants' words as much as possible and keeping an audit trail.
The rigor of customized tests also varies.
