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Mind Map by grace_craggs, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by grace_craggs
over 11 years ago
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Participate
observation
- About participate observation
- researcher
participates
in group
activities
- Can be covert or overt
- recorded by field notes
- researcher
has to start
with open
mind
- researcher
participates
in group
activities
- Interpretivists
- like participate
observation as
they want to
discover social
meanings of
actions
- Use
qualitative
data and
open ended
methods to
produce
valid data
- participation in
activities allow
understanding
of actions
- Positivists
- Positivists believe
that PO lacks
reliability and
representativeness
therefore dislikes
the method
- Positivists believe
that PO lacks
reliability and
representativeness
therefore dislikes
the method
- Positivists
- like participate
observation as
they want to
discover social
meanings of
actions
- Advantages
- Naturalistic approach
- making group act
more like wise
making the data
more valid
- making group act
more like wise
making the data
more valid
- time period
- due to the
time period
being long
researcher
can establish
what is the
private face
- due to the
time period
being long
researcher
can establish
what is the
private face
- Openess
- PO are open and
flexible directed by
the subject rather
then researcher
- making
interviewer
effect
unlikely
- making
interviewer
effect
unlikely
- PO are open and
flexible directed by
the subject rather
then researcher
- Insight in group
- sharing
experiences
can get a more
valid authentic
picture
- sharing
experiences
can get a more
valid authentic
picture
- Richly detailed
data
- easier to study closed groups
- Flexibilty
- Naturalistic approach
- Disadvantages
- Unrepresentative
- It is hard to put on a bigger sample
- often one
of samples
on a in
depth topic
- It is hard to put on a bigger sample
- Unreliable
- Its hard to replicate
as unstructured
qualitative data
- Its hard to replicate
as unstructured
qualitative data
- Hawthorne effect
- observers presence can effect participates reactions.
- observers presence can effect participates reactions.
- Native
- interviewer may be affected by the
group, interpretving actions wrong
- interviewer may be affected by the
group, interpretving actions wrong
- Ethical issues
- participates
aren't usually
given
information
about
observation
- Example
humprheys
study for gay
sex in public
toilets
- Example
humprheys
study for gay
sex in public
toilets
- Covert observer may have
to witness illegal actions
- As in a group often difficult to remain anonymous.
- participates
aren't usually
given
information
about
observation
- Getting in
- hard to get into
a group for
example a gang
is hard to get in
without finding
the key member
- Staying in
- If covert
observation- you
have to be there a
while, this may
effect your memory
and affect validity
- If covert
observation- you
have to be there a
while, this may
effect your memory
and affect validity
- Getting out
- Often
hard to
know
whether
you are in
or out and
difficult to
leave to
remain
secretity
- Often
hard to
know
whether
you are in
or out and
difficult to
leave to
remain
secretity
- hard to get into
a group for
example a gang
is hard to get in
without finding
the key member
- Unrepresentative
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