SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Participant Observation, Conditionality, Double Bind
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Excellent source of information but one can not be sure of how systematically the original data were generated. Examine lms, books, newspapers, diaries, bank records, police reports, household accounts, immigration les, etc. Usually best to utilize multiple sources or types of sources. Access to source material can pose a problem. Observing the behaviour of people who do not know they are being studied. Examine graveyards- can provide data on mortality rates, area"s ethnic makeup. Know where the funding comes from and if there are any strings attached. Recognized public/ law enforcement held highly simplistic stereotyped beliefs about men who commit impersonal sexual acts with another in public restrooms. Gain con dence of some men, disclose role as scientist, persuade them to tell about the rest of their lives/ motives. Willing to talk openly tended to be better educated members of the tearoom trade . Secretly followed some he observed and recorded the license of their cars.
