CCT208H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Wilkins, 6: Social Text, Participant Observation, Focus Group
5 Dec 2016
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Based on the research questions, design, and subject selection, the research implementation activates the process of gathering and assessing data. Observing people or texts, as well as asking questions through a variety of means. Researchers may evaluate a variety of social texts or artifacts. Researchers may also observe or query people through participating in intentional experiences, observing conversations and behaviors or asking questions. How the researcher approaches the people being studied may have a substantial influence on the data produced through that process. Participant observation, directly working with research subjects. The continuum of these modes of operation designate different ways of gathering data. Interviewing subjects directly, whether through open-ended or more structured formats, can focus on individual informants or on groups. Researchers may gather data through multiple methods but will need to select approaches and implementation processes with particular political implications in mind. Sometimes direct observations of what people do may conflict with reports of what people admit through questioning.
