Triangulation in Religious Research: A Sociological Approach to the Study of Monasteries
The triangulation of various research methods is described as it relates to the study of 15 Cistercian monasteries in general and to one in particular. Participant observation required 329 days (208 in the principal research site) over a 13-year period. The distribution of three types of questionnai...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1981
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Review of religious research
Year: 1981, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-38 |
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| Summary: | The triangulation of various research methods is described as it relates to the study of 15 Cistercian monasteries in general and to one in particular. Participant observation required 329 days (208 in the principal research site) over a 13-year period. The distribution of three types of questionnaires, resulted in 220 returns. Interviews were conducted at six of the monasteries and six monasteries provided other documents. Participant observation and questionnaires are stressed in the discussion. It is shown how each of the methods supplements the others, how some methods are particularly suited to gathering certain types of information, and how some conclusions were reached by a combination of methods, conclusions that could not be attained in any other way. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511585 |