Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH ethnography, we describe people’s lives and behav- ior but also try to infer the meaning ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH cultural knowledge and drawing on clues in spe- cific social contexts. By examining ordi ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH social life, we must include all perspectives. Field researchers try to get inside the “ ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH Step 1: Prepare to Enter the Field.There are four aspects of preparing for the field: le ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH You want to go beyond your “comfort zone” to experience the field as much as possible wi ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH playing, and often, especially after a big win, I felt the desire to give up my job as a ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH (see Example Box 2, Gatekeepers and Access). You should expect to negotiate with gatekee ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH FIGURE 2 The Access Ladder Level of Trust Time in the Field Site View Most Sensitive Eve ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH be important in gaining access and can restrict the available roles. For example, Gurney ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH Adopt a Level of Involvement.We can arrange researcher roles along a continuum by their ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH of members is to engage them and participate in the field setting. Holy (1984:29–30) obs ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH (1975) access to a social work agency was aided by mentioning that someone in the agency ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH it would have very likely have affected the validity of the data... .” She debriefed peo ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH field research, we often use theoretical sampling, which is guided by developing theory ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH a believer. You need both views as well as an abil- ity to swiftly switch between them.^ ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH members drop their guard and overidentify with members.^29 As Venkatesh (2008:176-177) r ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH participate. You may never gain the cooperation of everyone, or a lukewarm relationship ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH Depending on the setting, you should be a friendly but naïve outsider, an acceptable inc ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH carefully listening and watching. Remember that we communicate the core of social life t ...

FIELD RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUP RESEARCH example, people often use phrases such as “you know” or “of course” or “et cetera.” You ...