Class 10 - Textbook Ch 18 - Qualitative Res. Methods

Question 1

Participant observation is a form of qualitative research in which

Answer 1

the researcher participates as an actor in the events under study (for example, a sociologist joins a wrestling school)

Question 2

Four different positions on a continuum of partici-

pant observation roles are:

Answer 2

the complete participant, participant-as-observer, observer-as-participant, and complete observer

Question 3

Qualitative researchers using the method of par-

ticipant observation should learn how to simultaneously hold two contradictory perspectives (two Es):

Answer 3

Emic perspective and etic perspective

Question 4

Define emic perspective:

Answer 4

trying to adopt the beliefs, attitudes, and other points of view shared by the members of the culture being studied (the emic perspective)

Question 5

Define etic perspective:

Answer 5

maintaining objectivity as an outsider and raising questions about the culture being observed that wouldn’t occur to
members of that culture (the etic perspective).

Question 6

What is the interview guide approach?

Answer 6

an interview guide lists form the topics and issues that the interviewer should cover in the interview, but it allows the interviewer to adapt the sequencing and wording of questions to each particular interview.

Question 7

The standardized open-ended interview consists

of:

Answer 7

questions that are written out in advance exactly

the way they are to be asked in the interview.