Interrater reliability is the common term here. Two coders will code the same text separately and then discuss how much they agree with each other.
If such practice is impossible, the writer/researcher can make a brief report and ask interviewees to comment on it. Alternatively, the researcher can organize a workshop to present initial findings and ask invited interviewees to tell how much the initial findings reflect their stories.
This practice helps to reduce the possibility that researcher imposes his own ‘theoretical frame’ on the data and miss important ‘emic’ perspectives.
