[Air-l] validity of the research

EGodard egodard at dslextreme.com
Tue Aug 20 15:29:46 PDT 2002


Aurelija asks:
> Introducing qualitative research in the seminar, I was asked a question
> about the validity of online researches: how may we trust the
> results, when
> we don't get non-verbal information and how can we be sure whether the
> respondent says the truth or lies...

That all depends on what kind of results you mean. We can trust what someone
emails, when they email it, and the context (thread and posters) in which
they post it. Online behavior itself does not need to be validated, does it?

- Ellis






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