The purpose of peer debriefing is to ensure that your emerging analyses appear to be true to what is actually reflected in the data. For instance, a researcher studying the experiences of immigrant students in rural communities might periodically meet with a colleague who studies early childhood literacy. 2005;13(1):43-56. doi: 10.7748/nr2005.07.13.1.43.c5999. Rigor or Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research: P - LWW But is it rigorous? An official website of the United States government. For example, if a researcher wanted to understand the phenomenon of Texas high school football, this would require being present at least through a full season of the sport and may also require presence in the pre-season and the off-season, whereas a researcher who simply showed up for a championship game would have little understanding of the nuances, histories, difficulties, perplexities, and larger context of what they were witnessing. Robinson, O. C. (2014).