How do you validate methodology?

Came from a PhD defense and struggling with a question: if you develop a methodology in your dissertation how do you validate it?

Archived version of this entry is available at http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2006/02/09.html#a1730; comments are here.

• Case Research Methodology course
• PhD invasion
• OneNote for recording and coding qualitative data (+ more on tagging metaphor for flags)

Tagged as: methodology, PhD