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Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Expert Interviews
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Abstract Testing the reliability of experts should be a key element of expert interviews. Using the Condorcet Jury Theorem, it is shown that expert reliability can provide an indication of the validity of expert-opinion data. The theoretical framework is applied to expert-interview data collected in the Dome... view more
Testing the reliability of experts should be a key element of expert interviews. Using the Condorcet Jury Theorem, it is shown that expert reliability can provide an indication of the validity of expert-opinion data. The theoretical framework is applied to expert-interview data collected in the Domestic Structures and European Integration (DOSEI) project. Special attention is paid to the role of ‘leading’ experts and salient issues. Evaluating the DOSEI data, the main findings are that (i) with some exceptions, there are acceptable levels of inter-expert agreement, (ii) whether the leading expert is included or not does not make a large difference to expert agreement, and (iii) experts are more in agreement on salient issues.... view less
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
European Politics
Free Keywords
Condorcet Jury Theorem; European Constitution; expert interviews; inter-coder agreement; reliability; saliency of issues;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 315-337
Journal
European Union Politics, 6 (2005) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116505054835
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)