Define triangulation and explain its value.

What will be an ideal response?


Triangulation is actually derived from land surveying, where knowing a single landmark allows you to locate yourself only somewhere along a line in a single direction from the landmark. However, with two landmarks, you can take bearings on both and locate yourself at their intersection. Extrapolated to research, triangulation suggests that a researcher can get a clearer picture of the social reality being studied by viewing it from two different perspectives or two different methods. The term mixed methods more specifically indicates that research has combined qualitative and quantitative methods in an investigation of the same or related research question(s).

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A. the criminology system B. the justice ideology C. the law enforcement system D. the criminal justice system E. All of the answers are correct.

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