SOAN 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ethnomethodology, Descriptive Statistics, Freak Folk
3 Sep 2015
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1: naturalism observe people in small social settings over a small or large period of time. No statistics, mathematics face to face social interactions with people in their home environment. Used when other methods are not practical. Much less structured social environment and interactions guide the study: focus groups studying a small groups of people over a small or large number of people over a short period of time. The findings are the result of the method used as from the social life or environment: ethnomethodologists argue that social interaction is the process of reality construction, the study of common sense. Specialized and highly detailed analysis of micro-situations (transcripts, conversations, videotape). Professor david walters: small scale research usually up to 30 people, study a group, culture or social setting. Police department, sports team, bar: choose a group that you can gain access to:
