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Triangulation — a methodological discussion

✍ Scribed by Martin Oppermann

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
78 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
1099-2340

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✦ Synopsis

Triangulation is starting to emerge in tourism research as the `new' method. However, there are many misconceptions of what triangulation is and what it can do. This paper discusses triangulation as a research method in the social sciences. It re¯ects on the origins of the term and what it currently denotes and what it should connote. It also covers the critiques of triangulation and eventually suggests how it should be used.

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