Exam 10: How Can Researchers Study the Patterns of Peoples Lives Participant Observation and Ethnography

Compare and contrast open and closed research settings. What are the advantages and limitations of each? Provide an example of each type of setting.

How are participant observation and ethnography different from each other? What do they share in common?

______________ depends on the researcher's personal history with the participants, the issues they plan to study, and the implications of their identity for the people being studied.

Bell (2007) requested formal access when he observed western Canadian separatist groups.

A person in the research site with power and authority who supports and helps make a study possible is known as a(n) ____________________.

Which type of research approach did Glucksmann utilize in her study of factory workers?

How does a researcher know when it is time to exit the field? What ethical, practical, and methodological concerns should a researcher consider when exiting the field?

What type of observation did Judith Rollins engage in her study of the relationship between domestic workers and their employers?

The practice of concealing or misrepresenting an aspect or entirety of one's research aims is _______________.

Kleinman and Copp argue that ethnographer's reflections, opinions, and feelings should be kept separate from their observations in order to prevent the distortion of the data and biasing the results.

A researcher who wants to study how racial history is taught in high schools needs the permission of the superintendent to do the observations. In this situation, the superintendent is the sponsor of the research.

Lofland and Lofland described _________, as "little phrases, quotes, key words, and the like."

Which of the following is not a method of maintaining access to the research setting?

Why does Fine claim that "we ethnographers cannot help but lie, but in lying, we reveal truths that escape those who are not so bold" (1993, 290)"?

Which of the following is a tactic that a researcher can use to gain access to research sites?

Field notes are the primary source of data for participant observation research.

Which of the following is not an advantage of ethnography compared to qualitative interviewing?

What is feminist ethnography? What are the key insights of this perspective?

How do ethnography and qualitative interviewing provide different understandings of the social worlds they study? Which approach would you be most likely to pursue if you were doing a qualitative project and why?

When a researcher seeks an in-depth understanding of settings or people and fully engage in the experiences or practices of the group, they are practicing ___________.