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Ethnographic Research - Coggle Diagram
Ethnographic Research
Observation Types
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General Observation
The results of a scientific investigation, whatever its branch of knowledge, must be presented in an absolutely clean and sincere way.
Each researcher must acquaint the reader with the conditions under which the experiment or observations were carried out.
Observación Directa
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Advantage
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It is possible to record the behavior simultaneously with its attendance. There are no retrospective or anticipated elements (memory failures).
Disadvantages
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Problema de validez y confiabilidad. Riesgo de que el observador se transforme en participante del fenómeno estudiado.
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Kind of questions
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Closed questions
They may be
Identification (age, occupation, place of birth, etc.)
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Open questions
Advantage
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Spontaneity of responses. No default structure is imposed. Source of relevant information is not known.
Disadvantages
Riesgo de que el entrevistador se explaye demasiado (información irrelevante) o que no se refiere a lo preguntado.
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Increased chances of bias due to interviewer, less control. It is difficult to achieve uniformity of criteria among the interviewers to record the response.
Participant observation
La idea central de la participación es la penetración de las experiencias de los otros en un grupo o institución.
The nature and degree of participation may vary according to the research objectives, the researcher, and the culture involved.
The most important method of ethnography is that of participant observation, which in practice tends to be a combination of methods, or rather a style of inquiry.