20 Aug
2002
20 Aug
'02
10:29 p.m.
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