Exam 6: Ethnographic Field Strategies

When a researcher's presence or behaviors in a research setting trigger conflict, violence, or hostility from others in a setting, this is called _________________.

When should field notes be recorded?

A field research study conducted by nurses is called _________________.

Brief reminder notes that are written down and used later to jog the researcher's memory are called ___________.

A systematic method for classifying similar events, actions, objects, people, or places into discrete groupings is called _____________.

When subjects know they are in a research study and alter their usual or routine behavior to react to the presence of the researcher, this is called _________________.

Explain researcher concerns during the "getting in" phase of research.

An immersion technique that is extremely efficient at studying illicit drug use and users is called ___________.

A person indigenous to the group and setting being studied who is convinced that the study is worthwhile and meaningful to group, and that no harm will fall upon the group, and then extends his or her credibility among the group to the researcher is a(n) ___________.

A practice placing researchers in the midst of whatever it is they study where they can examine various phenomena as perceived by participants and represent these observations as accounts is called _____________.

When researchers take care not to impose their own views or take any stands on social or political issues, but to study the world as an external investigator, this is called ___________________.

Conducting a study and analysis of some local or indigenous people's viewpoints, beliefs, and practices about nursing care behavior and processes as mediated by cultures is called ______.

A researcher who enters a setting for study because it is available and convenient to study is exhibiting _____________.

Explain the state of mind a researcher should take when beginning an ethnographic study.

When a researcher exposes himself or herself to otherwise avoidable dangers simply by having to be in a dangerous setting or circumstance to carry out research, this is called _______________.

Exploring online social worlds such as multiplayer games, wikis, blogs, and discussion boards among other social media through observations between networks is called ______________.

Field research on the cultural dimensions of organizations is called ____________.

Using computer technology such as the Web, and programs to incorporate audio, visual, and written documentation of field events into one account with links among data, analysis, and interpretative and supportive texts is called ______________.

Why do social scientists recognize that research is seldom value-neutral? When is it important for the researcher to stop being value-neutral?

A research endeavor that focuses on particular incisions at particular points in the larger setting, group, or institution that are thought to represent salient elements in the lives of participants and in turn, in the life of the larger group or institution is called ___________.