observation

Question 1

Practical considerations of covert participant observations

Answer 1

getting access
staying in
getting out
researcher needs to come up with a cover
cannot record data / findings openly

Question 2

Ethical considerations of covert participant observations

Answer 2

deception
requires debrief
informed consent
keep participants anonymous and confidential.

Question 3

Eggleston

Answer 3

needed over 3 months just to set up his cover role for observations

Question 4

Lacey

Answer 4

Took over 2 months to familiarise himself with the school

Question 5

Positivist view of covert participant observation

Answer 5

unreliable

Question 6

interpretivist view of covert participant observation

Answer 6

favour them as they are valid and provide valuable insight

Question 7

GOPERVERT qualities of covert participant observation

Answer 7

Valid

Question 8

Practical considerations of overt participant observation

Answer 8

time consuming
requires a DBS
Gatekeeper preventing access
Can record data openly

Question 9

Ethical considerations of overt participant observation

Answer 9

doesn’t use deception
no debrief
need informed consent

Question 10

Delamont

Answer 10

every observer sees and hears things that could get the student into trouble, possibly even with the law
Ethical - the researcher should be obliged to say something
Practical - could effect the validity of the observation
LINKS TO COVERT AND OVERT

Question 11

Positivist view of overt participant observation

Answer 11

reject overt participant observations as they are unreliable

Question 12

interpretivist view of overt participant observation

Answer 12

not as valid as covert participant observations

Question 13

GOPERVERT qualities it has

Answer 13

Ethical