Revising Observations: Evaluating Strengths and Limitations
1. REVISING OBSERVATIONS
L.O to understand how observations are used to
explore changing class identities
To evaluate the strengths and limitations of
observational studies
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3. PRACTICAL ISSUES
What questions should you ask about a study to
determine whether there are any practical issues?
Practical Factors:
Time
Money
Personal characteristics
Acting ability
Memory
4. METHODS IN CONTEXT
Nayak, was involved in participant observation
during nights out
If he was fully participating he may have been
drinking alchohol... What effect does this have on
memory?
How objective will his memories (what kind of
things is he likely to remember)?
5. ETHICAL ISSUES
What does ethical mean?
How do we establish whether a study is ethical or
not?
6. METHODS IN CONTEXT
What ethical issues are associated with the
people and topics Nayak is writing about?
7. THEORETICAL ISSUES
Make a list of way Interpretivists like to use PO...
And another list of why
Positivists prefer not to
PO
8. METHODS IN CONTEXT
What is meant by the term ‘going native’
Could Nayak be accused of ‘going native?
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10. METHODS IN CONTEXT
What is meant by the term ‘going native’
Could Nayak be accused of ‘going native?
