RTM 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Qualitative Research

• School: CSUN
• Department: Recreation and Tourism Management
• Course: RTM 402
• Professor: L A W R E N C E L U O

Document Summary

Observation has been used a lot in social science (social psychology, political science, anthropology, etc) The data is collected in a natural setting. Observe the behavior and use arnold"s model (9 components), count how many time used the components. I observed her behavior and write down everything and compare with another subject. narrow whats the behavior. Want to be cautious within your data, don"t want to make it too liberal, (can"t be biased) In terms of behavior, timing, recording, inference are systematically and rigorously implemented. Identify and purpose of the observer/researcher are not known to those under observation. Observer/researcher is fully participated but research project is known. Identity and purpose are known but still interact with participants. Writing notes and notes about the notes. Environment with the 6th senses, want to record everything! Look for certain regularities or patterns that emerge from numerous observations.