SLGY 2232 Chapter 10: Chapter10FieldResearch
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Anthropologists are especially associated with this method. Field research is distinguished from methods designed to produce data appropriate for. Field research yields qualitative data; observations are not easily reduced to numbers. His analysis included data on occupational and leisure activities, number of children per family, age at time of arrival in calgary, and language most used at home. o 2. When reporting an analysis of tattoo culture after conducting a three-year participant-observation study in toronto and calgary, michael atkinson (2004) included quantitative information he collected on tattoo artists and tattoo clients. Data collected and reported included gender, age, educational level, income, marital status, and race. In addition, he provided counts concerning the number of tattoos the clients had. This is social research right where it happens . General reasons for using field research techniques. Introduction o can be linked to theory: