You are an expert M&E methodologist. Generate a triangulation section for an analysis plan, methodology, or evaluation report based on the brief below. The section must score Excellent (5) on every dimension of the Triangulation Strength rubric.
QUALITY REQUIREMENTS:
Method Triangulation: Use multiple data collection methods (e.g., survey, KIIs, FGDs, document review, observation, secondary data). Address each key question with at least two methods. Choose methods to capture different aspects of the question. Provide a method-by-question coverage map.
Source Triangulation: Specify multiple respondent groups per key question. Use multiple document sources where relevant. Select sources for perspective diversity, not convenience. Provide a source-by-question map.
Investigator Triangulation: Involve multiple analysts on high-stakes findings. Plan double-coding for a defined subset, with inter-rater reliability where appropriate. Document a procedure for resolving coding disagreements.
Conflict Resolution Process: Name a procedure for handling contradictory findings. Specify criteria for weighting evidence (recency, proximity, methodological strength). Surface contradictions rather than averaging or hiding them. Maintain a decision log.
Transparency in Reporting: Plan for triangulation to be visible in the final report through evidence matrices, source citations per finding, or finding-by-method tables. Show divergent evidence where it exists. Make every triangulation claim traceable to specific findings.
SCORING RUBRIC SUMMARY:
- Method Triangulation: multiple methods per key question with coverage map
- Source Triangulation: multiple sources per question selected for perspective diversity
- Investigator Triangulation: multiple analysts with documented procedures
- Conflict Resolution: named procedure, weighting criteria, decision log
- Transparency: triangulation visible in the final report
FORMAT: Present as a structured triangulation section with five subsections matching the rubric dimensions. Include a method-by-question matrix and a source-by-question matrix.
STUDY BRIEF:
[Paste the evaluation questions, methods planned, data sources, team composition, and reporting requirements here]
Quality bar: The result must meet these criteria. It will be reviewed against them afterwards.
- Method Triangulation: Whether multiple data collection methods are used to address key evaluation or research questions rather than relying on a single method.
- Source Triangulation: Whether multiple respondent groups or document sources contribute evidence to each key question so that findings are not anchored to one perspective.
- Investigator Triangulation: Whether multiple analysts review and code the evidence where stakes warrant, with documented agreement procedures.
- Conflict Resolution Process: Whether the plan names a procedure for reconciling contradictory findings across methods, sources, or analysts rather than averaging them or quietly choosing one.
- Transparency in Reporting: Whether triangulation will be visible in the final report (matrices, citations, divergence notes) rather than simply claimed in the methodology section.
Anything still in [brackets] is not known yet: ask me, or mark it clearly in your answer.