PARTICIPANT/NON OBSERVATION

Question 1

participant observation

Answer 1

research social behaviour on infiltrating groups (w or w/o group knowledge)

Question 2

strength participant observation

Answer 2

gain in-depth knowledge about participants/high validity/qualitative data

Question 3

participant observation weakness

Answer 3

hawthorne effect/low in represtativness/Time consuming/low reliability

Question 4

types of participant observation
OVERT

Answer 4

researched fully involved -know their being observed-ability to become in daily life-inc vailidy
o-open

Question 5

types of participant observation
COVERT

Answer 5

researcher joing group w/o them knowing
high vailidy however ethically questionable eg Archie study wc girls pretend to be teaching assistant

Question 6

practical consideration
participant observation

Answer 6

observation of surrounding/interactions/gernal observation of participants

Question 7

theoretical consideratiom
participant observation

Answer 7

active particip of researcher blurs line of reseracher/partic-reduce objectivity
reflexivity-personal bias and beliefs compromising clear observant

Question 8

participant observation
ethical considerations

Answer 8

informed consent
confidentiality
deception

Question 9

is participant observation ethical?

Answer 9

difficult as must harness a balance between privacy/detailed observation

Question 10

hawthorne effect

Answer 10

researcher influence behvaiobour of group-harm vailidy/reliability/repetability-behvae diff as know being researched(socially acceptable light or impress)

Question 11

participant observation
positivist view

Answer 11

critic, can lead to becoming attached ti researcher group/bias researching directly involved

Question 12

participant observation
interpretivist view

Answer 12

beneficial, allows to get close and gather qualitative data /;support over/covert as social reality isn’t fixed/devlop understanding on how individual communicate

Question 13

NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION

Answer 13

researching group w/o researcher becoming involved effecitive:high vilify/reliablity

Question 14

overt nonparticipant observation

Answer 14

researcher is present/known they are their but doesn’t interact with group(slight Hawthorne effect)

Question 15

covert nonparticipant observation

Answer 15

participant don’t know being researched/not part of group, gather high qualititative data/no informed consent/high validity-real life setting

Question 16

positivist view nonparticipant observation cover/overt

Answer 16

dislike as lack transparency/doesnt trench ethical guiltiness ad still a degree of interpretation as aiming for objectivity

Question 17

eintepretivts view non participant observation
covert/overt

Answer 17

like as provide insight of exp/quilitative data valid and supported

Question 18

theoretical consideration nonparticipant observation

Answer 18

limited insight to motivation, bias, not generalisable

Question 19

ethical consideration nonparticipant observation

Answer 19

deception issue, right to know