Refining Rural Definition Triangulation: Engaging in Scholarly Communication to Refine a New Concept

• In Event: Rurality in Educational Research and Policy

Abstract

Rural Definition Triangulation (RDT) is a new concept that supports the credibility and transferability of rural education research within the United States. RDT is achieved by using multiple methods to define rural space in qualitative research, including government definitions, participant definitions, site descriptions, and personal descriptions. This version of RDT includes a matrix in which rural scholars and students align their rural definitions with several options to improve the credibility and transferability of their work.

Authors

• Phillip D. Grant, Clemson University

• Jesse Moon Longhurst, Southern Oregon University

• Michael Thier, International Baccalaureate