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Table 1 Trustworthiness criteria ensure the trustworthiness of qualitative findings in this study

From: Using Kahoot! as a formative assessment tool in medical education: a phenomenological study

Credibility (internal validity)

Transferability (external validity)

Dependability (reliability)

Confirmability (objectivity)

• Prolonged engagement

• Data source triangulation

• Iterative questioning

• Peer debriefing session

• Peer scrutiny of findings

• Trained moderator

• Structural coherence

• Nominated sample

• Thick description

• Code–recode procedure

• Unbiased moderator

• Audit trail

• Analyst triangulation

• Reflective analysis