Observational Research Depends Upon Gaining Access to and Getting Along

Essay

Observational research depends upon gaining access to and getting along in a particular observational site.Discuss how you would gain access to a site that might be outside your usual range of accustomed settings.How for example,would you go about conducting observational research among senior executives in a corporation,or a group of homeless mothers and children in a homeless shelter? Choose a site and describe what you would do to successfully and ethically gain entry.Be sure to discuss the social skills and resources that Lofland and Lofland (1995)emphasize: connections,knowledge,accounts and courtesy.