Chapter Ten. Qualitative Field Research
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TOPICS APPROPRIATE TO FIELD RESEARCH
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN QUALITATIVE FIELD
RESEARCH
The Various Roles of the Observer
Relations to Subjects
SOME QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH PARADIGMS
Naturalism
Ethnomethodology
Grounded Theory
Case Studies and the Extended Case Study Method
Institutional Ethnography
Participatory Action Research
CONDUCTING QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH
Preparing for the Field
Qualitative Interviewing
Focus Groups
Recording Observations
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF QUALITATIVE
FIELD RESEARCH
Validity
Reliability
RESEARCH ETHICS IN QUALITATIVE FIELD RESEARCH