2Partial Review

All of the following are ethical concerns when conducting an ethnographic study, EXCEPT:

• Will the study harm the participants?

• Will the population's privacy be protected?

• Will the study yield unexpected responses?

• Is there a need for an informed consent form?

• Will the researcher be deceiving the population?

A researcher wants to make observations and conduct interviews with patients on a particular floor of a local hospital. What type of access would the researcher need?

• Open

• Closed

• Informed Consent

Ethnography should be used when a researcher is ___.

• Studying how members of a community cope with a tragic event

• Comparing test scores of two groups of students

• Assessing satisfaction among employees at different factories

• Determining the proper length of time to devote to the study of sociology

In which cases the use of ethnography is helpful? Select all that apply.

• Understand cultural views and norms

• Trying to find reasons for certain behaviors.

• To obtain a generalized conceptualization

• Examine social trends, like, divorce

• Understand role of families, relationships and organiations.

Some of the characteristics of Ethnography studies are. Select all that apply.

• Observation of groups in natural setting.

• Travel to a far away destination.

• Observation for data collection

• Test subjects.

Ethnography literally means (a)   about people.

(a)   its a qualitative research design aimed at studying cultures and groups from a unique perspective.

When does the ethnography study starts?

• When guiding question has been established.

• When the community has been chosen.

• After learning local language.

• After preparing documentation and design of the research.

Alejandra wants to know how parenting style affects children's personalities. To complete her study, she observes children in their own homes, doing what they would naturally be doing anyway, even if she were not there. Based only on this information, which type of research design can you be certain she is using?

• Participant Observation

• Photography

• Field work

• Testimony

Dr. Yang does a study in which she observes one hundred children over a period of six years, noting changes over time. Based only on this information, which type of research design can you be certain is she using?

• Long story

• Genealogical method

• Longitudinal

• Key informants