METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION
TOOLS OF DATA COLLECTIONS THEIR TYPES ATTRIBUTES AND USES
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Observing a group without their knowledge or consent
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Observing a group’s activities, while not taking part in them
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Observation and description of a group of people and their way of life
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Collecting information through unstructured interviews and postal questionnaires
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Detailed explanation-1: -Participant-observation. The ethnographic method is called participant-observation. It is undertaken as open-ended inductive long-term living with and among the people to be studied, the sole purpose of which is to achieve an understanding of local knowledge, values, and practices ‘from the “native’s point of view”’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ethnography is a qualitative method for collecting data often used in the social and behavioral sciences. Data are collected through observations and interviews, which are then used to draw conclusions about how societies and individuals function.
Detailed explanation-3: -The participant observation method, also known as ethnographic research, is when a sociologist actually becomes a part of the group they are studying in order to collect data and understand a social phenomenon or problem.