Chapter 19 Multiple choice questions

. Which of the following is a component of ethnographic research?

Being immersed in a social group or setting.

Participant observation, interviews, and/or documentary analysis.

A written account of an ethnographic study.

All of the above.

. What is a key disadvantage of using the covert role in ethnography?

It is usually too time consuming and expensive to be a realistic option.

It is difficult to take notes without arousing suspicion.

The problem of reactivity: people may change their behaviour if they know they are being observed.

It can be hard to gain access to the social group.

. Which of the following will not help you to negotiate access to a closed/non-public setting?

Gaining the support of a "sponsor" within the organization.

Obtaining clearance from a "gatekeeper" or senior member of the group.

Adopting a dominant role with the group's activities without introducing yourself.

Offering something in return, e.g. a report of the findings.

. What is a gatekeeper?

A senior member of the organization who helps the ethnographer gain access to relevant people/events.

A senior level member of the organisation who refuses to allow researchers into it.

A participant who appears to be helpful and is charge of those who get a swipe card to the building.

Someone who cuts keys to help the ethnographer gain access to a building.

. Which of the following is the role adopted by an ethnographer who joins in with the group's activities but admits to being a researcher?

Complete participant

Participant-as-observer

Observer-as-participant

Complete observer

. What is going native?

Where the researcher interviews to the natives of a particular country.

Where the researcher does not interview the natives of a particular country.

Where local natives help to design the ethnographic study itself.

It is where the researcher becomes immersed in the world they are studying and lose their perspective as a researcher.

. What of the following is an advantage to adopting a covert role in an ethnography?

There is no problem of taking notes

There is no problem of access

Anxiety

There are no ethical issues

. What is the difference between "scratch notes" and "full field notes"?

Scratch notes are just key words and phrases, rather than lengthy descriptions.

Full field notes are quicker and easier to write than scratch notes.

Scratch notes are written at the end of the day rather than during key events.

Full field notes do not involve the researcher scratching their head while thinking.

. Why does Stacey argue against the idea of a feminist ethnography?

Because it creates a non-exploitative relationship between the researcher and the researched.

Because she fundamentally disagrees with all feminist principles.

Because she thinks that the fieldwork relationship is inherently unequal.

Because she does not think that ethnography is a useful research method.

. What are the two main types of data that can be used in visual ethnography?

Positivist and interpretivist

Qualitative and quantitative

Nominal and ordinal

Extant and research-driven

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