Exam 3: Observation and Ethnography

For the scenario above, describe the steps you would take in collecting high-quality data.

You are interested in how bonds of trust are formed between members of Alcoholics Anonymous. You decide to conduct observation research to better understand this phenomenon. What is your research question?

For the scenario above, describe how you would analyze your data.

For the scenario above, conceptualize and operationalize one concept important to your research.

Observation research conducted at which of the following kinds of places generally requires informed consent?

For the scenario above, conceptualize and operationalize one concept important to your research.

For the scenario above, explain why observation is the best method to answer your research question.

For the scenario above, would you take a nonparticipant-observer, participant-observer, or observer-participant role? Why?

In the scenario above, describe three sampling decisions you would need to make.

In the scenario above, describe three sampling decisions you would need to make.

For the scenario above, would you take a nonparticipant-observer, participant-observer, or observer-participant role? Why?

For the scenario above, explain why observation is the best method to answer your research question.

For ethnographic research, you will need to sample for ______.

You are researching conflict among members of a church group. For the purposes of your research, you define conflict as "strain in the relational bonds of the group, or between individuals." As you define this term, you are engaging in what research activity?

In the scenario above, would you need to get informed consent for this research? Explain.

In the scenario above, list six things you would need to do in order to protect your participants.

You are going to conduct ethnographic research on recovering drug addicts in rehab. What is your research question?

In the scenario above, describe three sampling decisions you would need to make.

For the scenario above, describe how you would analyze your data.

For the scenario above, conceptualize and operationalize one concept important to your research.