Analytical triangulation, a resource for the validity of recurrent survey studies and reply researches in Higher Education

Authors

  • Clemente Rodríguez Sabiote Universidad de Granada
  • Teresa Pozo Llorente Universidad de Granada
  • José Gutiérrez Pérez Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.12.2.4231

Keywords:

Validity. Triangulation. Higher Education, Reply Research, Survey Studies

Abstract

The triangulation understood as technical of confrontation and tool of comparison of different types from analysis of data (analytical triangulation) with a same objective can contribute to validate a survey study and to harness the conclusions that are derived of it. In this article we develop a model of validation of findings by means of analytical triangulation to misalignments observed by two different generations of university students involved in the implantation of a new university curriculum.

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