Paper 3 Question 3: Improving Credibility

A 6-mark IB Psychology Paper 3 guide to improving the credibility and trustworthiness of source findings.

This Question 3 guide explains how member checking, triangulation, reflexivity, audit trails and independent coding can improve the credibility of qualitative findings. Strong answers define credibility briefly, make two or three source-specific improvements, and explain how each would improve trustworthiness.