SYB 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Grounded Theory, Participant Observation, Social Reproduction
23 Sep 2016
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Objectivity comes about in research through rigorous scientific analysis whereas subjectivity reflects on your personal biases. Researchers can never be purely objectivity, but use scientific techniques to minimize personal biases and present more accurate depiction of the social realities. Ethnography: direct observation of phenomena in their natural settings. Different methodological approach because it begins with a lose topic and then you develop theory during the research process. Holistic and detailed approach, associated with anthropological aacounts. Participant observation: researcher participates as an actor in the events under study. Interviews can be mixed in with the other two approaches or relied on for data collection. Structured (follows an interviewed script similar to a survey) Opem-ended (questions are open for any possible answer) Ask people questions about their knowledge, attitudes, or behavior. Can be face to face, telephone interview, or prepared pencil format. Better to have large samples to be more statistically significal - high response rate.
