SOAN 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Diary, Research Question, Social Class
1 Mar 2017
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Should participants be aware of the researchers presents no because it. Depends on topic (sensitive non-sensitive) could cause the participants to act differently, might have an impact on their behaviour, they might not act naturally. Setting (changing room) human participants often expect privacy. You might see someone you know, but when you take notes you. Gender, age, features but not directly identifying them. If our observation remains anonymous our covert observation remains legitimate. Enter the field when you have a certain question in mind. What observations are relevant for the research questions: listening. Conversations, expression of emotions are very important: taking notes. How things are arranged in the room. Was the room hot: physical characteristics: age, sex. Race, and stature: physical appearance such as neatness, dress and hairstyle transgender etc. Every individual has the right identify themselves: straight, Interpretation (cid:498)individual who might be a female maybe in late 40s(cid:499)
