Question 1

What advice would you give a researcher about the best way to choose their site for a participant observation study?

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Question 2

The goal of triangulation, according to Denzin, is to secure an objective understanding of reality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the participant-as-observer role, the researcher is mainly an interviewer and observer and only participates minimally.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

It is customary for the researcher to include themselves and their thoughts and feelings in the field notes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is an institutional ethnography? What are the aims of this type of research?

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Question 6

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

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A)  Interviewing allows access to a wider variety of people and situations. 
B)  Longitudinal research is more limited in ethnography. 
C)  Interviews allow for the reconstruction of past events. 
D)  Qualitative interviewing allows the researcher to see the world through the respondent's eyes.

Question 7

A data collection method that involves observation of people and participation in social settings is known as ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnography 
B)  Covert observation 
C)  Participant observation 
D)  Immersion

Question 8

Field research where the researcher conceals their status as a researcher and study aims from the people being studied is referred to as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Overt participant observation 
B)  Covert participant observation 
C)  Ethnography 
D)  Participant observation

Question 9

Geertz coined the term ____________ to describe the ethnographic practice of immersing oneself in a setting, participating in social life, and spending extended time with members of the group being observed.

Accepted Answer

A)  Complete participant 
B)  Deep hanging out 
C)  Immersive hanging out 
D)  Covert observation

Question 10

What factors impact how active or passive a participant observer decides to be in the course of their study?

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Question 11

A study participant with specialized knowledge or insight to offer a researcher is known as a(n) ____________________.

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A)  Gatekeeper 
B)  Respondent 
C)  Informant 
D)  Sponsor

Question 12

Desmond thinks of ethnography "as a(n) _____________, a fundamental way of being in the world."

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A)  Sensibility 
B)  Method 
C)  Approach 
D)  Lifestyle

Question 13

A ________________ is a person who shares expertise, knowledge, and authority with an ethnographer in a way that is integral to the success of the study.

Accepted Answer

A)  Informant 
B)  Key informant 
C)  Gatekeeper 
D)  Sponsor

Question 14

Field notes are ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Typically written in the third person. 
B)  Essentially just a recording of what has been observed in the field. 
C)  Written at the end of the full data collection process. 
D)  Written primarily for the researcher's own use.

Question 15

Most researchers use extensive hidden recording equipment to take field notes so that they do not distract from the interactions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Doc in Street Corner Society is an example of the importance of a _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Key Informant 
B)  Informant 
C)  Gatekeeper 
D)  Sponsor

Question 17

How did Bettie (2014) maintain access in her research study of high school students? What are other methods that ethnographers use to maintain access?

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Question 18

In complete participant and complete observer roles, the people being observed are aware that they are part of a research study.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following should be included in an ethnographer's field notes?

Accepted Answer

A)  All of these 
B)  Description of the setting 
C)  Discussions of interactions observed 
D)  Methdological issues that arise during the observation

Question 20

A data collection method that involves the observation of people and participation in social settings is known as immersion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

What advice would you give a researcher about the best way to choose their site for a participant observation study?

The goal of triangulation, according to Denzin, is to secure an objective understanding of reality.

In the participant-as-observer role, the researcher is mainly an interviewer and observer and only participates minimally.

It is customary for the researcher to include themselves and their thoughts and feelings in the field notes.

What is an institutional ethnography? What are the aims of this type of research?

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

A data collection method that involves observation of people and participation in social settings is known as ________________.

Field research where the researcher conceals their status as a researcher and study aims from the people being studied is referred to as __________.

Geertz coined the term ____________ to describe the ethnographic practice of immersing oneself in a setting, participating in social life, and spending extended time with members of the group being observed.

What factors impact how active or passive a participant observer decides to be in the course of their study?

A study participant with specialized knowledge or insight to offer a researcher is known as a(n) ____________________.

Desmond thinks of ethnography "as a(n) _____________, a fundamental way of being in the world."

A ________________ is a person who shares expertise, knowledge, and authority with an ethnographer in a way that is integral to the success of the study.

Field notes are ______________________.

Most researchers use extensive hidden recording equipment to take field notes so that they do not distract from the interactions.

Doc in Street Corner Society is an example of the importance of a _______________.

How did Bettie (2014) maintain access in her research study of high school students? What are other methods that ethnographers use to maintain access?

In complete participant and complete observer roles, the people being observed are aware that they are part of a research study.

Which of the following should be included in an ethnographer's field notes?

A data collection method that involves the observation of people and participation in social settings is known as immersion.