The researcher must negotiate access, gradually gains confidence and slowly collects data that only suits his interests.

The phenomenologist seeks to understand social phenomena from the actor's own perspective. Examine the way the world is experienced.

To acquire knowledge about the structure and hierarchy of an organization consists of being passed from one to another through it. Finally, the notes collected at this stage will later help the observer to understand what is seen by the people of the organization.

Participating observers enter in the hope of establishing open relationships with the informants.

It is the goal of every researcher in the field when you begin to achieve rapport with those people you are studying, you experience realism and stimulation sensations.

They sponsor the researcher on stage and are primary sources of research.

Projects generally take anywhere from several to more than 25 sections, and 50 to 100 hours for the life story

To ensure that class topics are explored with a certain number of informants.

One of the keys to the interview is knowing when and how to probe, explore, and scrutinize.

It is characterized by a minimum of interpretation and conceptualization.

It is a method of discovering theories, concepts, hypotheses and propositions starting directly from the data and not from the a priori assumptions, from other investigations or from existing theoretical frameworks.

It is a process in continuous progress in qualitative research.

Collation process and meeting of the story in such a way that the results capture the feelings, ways of seeing and perspective of the person.

He generally obtains access to organizations by requesting permission from those responsible.

Investigators generally should not negotiate access with gatekeepers.

The task that the participant observer must carry out to gain access to settings (houses) and private situations is analogous to that of the interviewer to locate informants.

Informants should not know exactly what we are studying.

In this type of interview, our interlocutors are informants in the truest sense of the word.

The researcher tries to apprehend the salient experiences of a person's life, and that person's definitions apply to those experiences.

It is used to study a relatively large number of people in a relatively short period of time when compared to the time required for a participant observation investigation.