SOC 101 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Old Age, Macrosociology, Anomie

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Christopher Mele

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Chapter 5 continued. (look at notes: participant observation (fieldworks) This method entails the researcher participating in the research setting while simultaneously systematically observing what is happening. Also referred to as the ethnographic method. Participant observation is based on living among the people under study for a lengthy period, usually a year, and gathering data through continuous involvement in the routine, culture, traits and daily lives of the people under study. Things to consider- the setting and social environment. Setting up, culture shock initial orientation or entry period, which may take 3 months or longer, learning about the environment. Observing language wage each field or community may have its own jargon, both formal and informal. Observing non-verbal communications body language, facial expressions, how people choose to arrange themselves in a room, a bar, a classroom, the customary and accepted ways of greeting one another: secondary analysis. Researchers analyze data already collected by others.