Qualitative Research Methods: Ethnography - MacIntyre

Question 1

Who did this study?

Answer 1

Macintyre

Question 2

How did Macintyre get his data without the Headhunters knowing?

Answer 2

He used a camera under his shirt

Question 3

What did Macintyre do over the year with the Chelsea Headhunters?

Answer 3

He got to know them and become friends with them

Question 4

What type of study is this?

Answer 4

Covert Ethnography

Question 5

Was this a Qualitative or Quantitative Study?

Answer 5

Qualitative

Question 6

How many people was Macintyre mainly looking at in his study?

Answer 6

3 people

Question 7

How long did the research take?

Answer 7

1 year

Question 8

What was the aim of the study?

Answer 8

To explore the world of violence in football in Britain

Question 9

What was the role of the researcher?

Answer 9

To be a friend of the Chelsea Headhunters

Question 10

How would the research having verstehen be a PET strength for the study?

Answer 10

Because Macintyre was able to find out how the group operated and why many of them did these actions

Question 11

What did the Headhunters believe about prison?

Answer 11

They felt it was a rite of passage

Question 12

How could the research be seen as valid and this being a PET strength?

Answer 12

Because they spent 1 year on gathering the research

Question 13

How was the skills of the researcher a PET Strength?

Answer 13

Because he was able to act in the correct ways to get to know the Headhunters

Question 14

Why was Access to Participants a PET Strength in this study?

Answer 14

Because the 3 men he studied were local and slightly international figures in the football scene

Question 15

Why could Confidentiality be seen to be a PET weakness?

Answer 15

Because the names of the headhunters were given out, even where some of them lived

Question 16

How could Deception be a PET weakness?

Answer 16

Because the Headhunters did not know the true meaning behind Macintyre wanting to be friends with them

Question 17

How could Representativeness be a PET weakness?

Answer 17

As it was only 3 people for an in-depth study, it did not show how a larger group of these people acted

Question 18

How could the Cost of this study be seen to be a PET weakness?

Answer 18

Because Macintyre had to buy a flat and rent a car and overall transport costs for this study were high

Question 19

Why could Informed Consent and Right to Withdraw be a PET weakness?

Answer 19

Because the participants did not even know they were participating

Question 20

Why could Generalisability in this study be considered a PET weakness?

Answer 20

Because the sample is so small it cannot be generalised

Question 21

How could Guilty Knowledge be seen to be a PET weakness?

Answer 21

Because Macintyre knew of a crime that had been reported, and was directly talking to the person who caused it who had not been caught

Question 22

Is Macintyre a Sociologist?

Answer 22

No

Question 23

What occupation is Macintyre under?

Answer 23

Investigative Journalist

Question 24

Why must you not refer to Macintyre as a Sociologist?

Answer 24

Because he is an Investigative Journalist