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# Triangulation

*Triangulation — combining methods within a study on the same topic.*

Triangulation — combining methods within a study on the same topic.

Robson (1998) · Visocky & Visocky (2009)

![Venn diagram: three methods overlap, their shared intersection leads to the truth.](/principles-of-survey-research/media/triangulation.png)

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*Slide 16 of 274 · Chapter 1: Introduction · Principles of Survey Research · Dr. Paul Marx*