Triangulation

Week_3_datacollectionjustificationworksheet.pdf

In Chapter 4 of Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher,
Mills (2014) shares that “ the strength of educational research lies in
its triangulation, collecting information in many ways rather than
relying solely on one” (p. 104).

Complete the Data Collection Worksheet to include the following:

1. Area of focus statement
2. Brief description of proposed intervention
3. Table
   

   Research Questions	Data Collection Tool	Why this tool? Justify its use in your study. How does it match with what you are attempting to find and to measure?
   1.	1	2	3
   2.
   3.

4. Discuss how using a mixed-methods data collection approach will
   lead you to understand and explain more fully what is discovered during
   the research, as opposed to using one approach over the other.

For an example of a finished triangulation matrix, see page 105 of Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher.

My area of focus statement is “Why Parents Avoid Involving Themselves in Their
Children’s Education”