Table 2.

Post-occupancy auto-ethnographic case study methodology

Observations (construct validity)Data collection & analysis (internal validity)Writing up (internal validity)Discussion (external validity)Conclusion (reliability)
  • Participant observer travels to station, walks through building using lifts as primary means of vertical circulation. Collects video via discrete camera

  • Store video data

  • Analyse data. Looks for surprising similarities and differences at customer touchpoints

  • Write 'thick description' of each significant experience along the journey

  • Extract figures from video data & remove sensitive detail

  • Discuss and compare findings with literature

  • Triangulate with other observations

  • Summarise stable findings and raise significance

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