POS301, Chapter 10
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- Field research differs from other modes of observation in that:
- it is both a data-collecting activity and a theory-generating activity.
- Professor Sullivan performed an observational study of the norms that govern interactions between cab drivers and their passengers. Which one of the following does this example reflect?
- Encounters.
- The most serious ethical prblesm exist for which type of researcher role?
- Complete participant.
- A common first step in doing fied reserach is:
- reviewing literature.
- Which one of the following is most appropriate for asking questions during field research?
- Qualitative interviews.
- Which on of the following is false regarding field notes? Or are they all true?
- Get the major points, but don't worry about getting as many details as you can.
- Professor Patecki did a field research sudy of people attending a new church in his neighborhood. He reflected carefully on how his own characteristics might affect his study as well as how he might interpret the results. Patecki was engaging in:
- reflexivity.
- Ways to establish initial contacts with people you intend to study are especially affected by:
- the role you intend to play.
- The more reserachers have gone into the field to study their fellow humans face-to-face, the more they have become conscious of implicit assumptions about:
- researcer superiority.
- In comparison to surveys and experiments, field research has:
- high validity and low reliability.