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Basic primer for the beginning researcher
- This book serves as a basic primer for the beginning researcher and as a useful reference and guide for experienced researchers in many fields who wish to reexamine their own skills and abilities in light of best practices of participant observation.
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Mar 10, 2023 · Participant observation fosters a deep and intimate understanding of the beliefs, values, and practices of your group or subculture of interest from an insider’s perspective. This can be especially useful when studying marginalized groups or groups that are resistant to observation.
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Participant observation is in some ways both the most natural and the most challenging of qualitative data collection methods. It connects the researcher to the most basic of human experiences, discovering through immersion and participation the hows and whys of human behavior in a particular context.
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Jan 1, 2024 · Participant observation is a method of social inquiry which, “… aims to generate practical and theoretical truths about human life grounded in the realities of daily existence” (Jorgensen 1989, p. 14).
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Participant observation (PO) is a field approach to gathering data in which the researcher enters a specific site for purposes of engagement or observation.
Taking a thoroughly practical approach to the methods of participant observation, Jorgensen illustrates these methods with both classic and current research studies. By using the materials in this book, the reader can begin conducting participant observation research on his or her own.
This chapter offers a practical guide to doing participant observation in social movements. An introductory section asks how participant observation has been used in social movement studies, defines the method, and situates it historically.
Dec 16, 2010 · Participant observation is the foundation of ethnographic research design and supports and complements other types of qualitative and quantitative data collection. Qualitative research in such...
