Exam 10: Field Research

_________ means "understanding" in German.

Abandoning the task of observation and analysis in favor of having fun and becoming too familiar with the group one is studying is known as ___________.

What agency provides the only type of legal protection that researchers have for maintaining confidentiality?

Field researchers should always make video or audio recordings of their interviews.

Mina decides that she wants to do observation for a class project. She spends hours sitting on a bench, noting how many dog owners clean up after their pets and how many do not. What role is Mina adopting?

Structured field observations are high in reliability.

The impact(s) of ethnographic research on the researcher include(s):

When participating in ethnographic work, it is important that you get a random sample of participants.

What kind of ethical concerns are associated with covert research participation? How should we decide if this type of research be permitted?

Qualitative research tends to include more depth than breadth.

Explain why some qualitative researchers believe that researchers should be up-front with potential participants about their identity and purpose as soon as possible?

How does participant as observer and complete participant roles differ for field research?

Critics of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) claim that they hamper social science ethnographic research because they were originally designed to judge the dangers of what other type of research?

What are the pros and cons to ethnographic researchers witnessing and engaging in small-scale criminal activity during a research project?

Field researchers who are unable to take frequent notes might work to memorize what is happening around them by using this tool to remember things by using acronyms.

Complete participants are up-front with research participants about their true identity.

Why is reliability a potential problem with ethnographic research?

Ethnographic research is very strong in ______________

A ________ is a person who is a respected member of a subculture who can help to introduce researchers to the group.

When conducting qualitative research, researchers should take a(n) ______________ approach, and generate their theories with data.