The effects and impact of the programme will be determined by triangulating data (quantitative and qualitative) and information from different sources, examining trends where possible, and trying to find and support explanations for the observed findings (figure 4).
Another early app had pointed out the best places to burgle houses, by triangulating data about public street lighting, the most expensive houses, and distances from police stations.
With GPS, an aircraft's location could be continually and precisely updated by triangulating data between the satellites and its location on Earth.
However, by triangulating data sources, we have put significant efforts in preventing such biases as much as possible.
By triangulating data for each case, assignations for the 18 cases were made as shown in Figure 5.
Estimates derived by triangulating data from several sources, suggest that the data recorded in Figure 2 may represent only about 50% of the total number of vasectomies conducted.
Trustworthiness of the research findings was enhanced by triangulating data obtained from the key informant interviews with those obtained from documentary review and informal discussions.
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 concise map of triangulated data sources is depicted in Figure 6. Figure 6 Concise map of triangulated data sources.
We triangulated data by comparing the responses of study participants with findings from the literature and a review of documents.
To support credibility/validity and dependability/reliability of the data, we triangulated data sources, methods, and investigators and tracked the decision-making process.
