RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Participant observation is one of the main ethnographic data collection methods.

Detailed explanation-2: -Interviews and observations are common methods for data collection in an ethnographic study; please see Interviews and Observations for more information.

Detailed explanation-3: -The methods used by children in learning the various socio‑cultural systems that they interact, are the same methods that are used by the ethnographer in learning a new cultural system: observation, interviewing, participating, and making interpretations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The analysis of data generally begins with the coding process and ends with interpretive assertions, and sometimes theory development, within ethnographic writing. Thematic analysis is a common method of data analysis for ethnographers and other qualitative field researchers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Individual methods which are available within an ethnographic study include: participant observation, interviews and surveys. All of these ethnographic methods can be very valuable in gaining a deeper understanding of a design problem.