Observations
Assessing observations as a research method using PERVERT
- Created by: Gabzay
- Created on: 22-04-13 20:47
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- Observation
- Example
- Cecile Wright - primary schools, Asian and black pupils
- Willis - Learning to Labour
- Ethical Issues
- Safety of researcher (covert)
- Deception (covert)
- Going native
- No informed consent (covert)
- Reliablility
- Low
- Not easily replicable
- Practical Issues
- Time consuming
- Costly
- Restricted access to vulnerable groups, etc
- Suitability?
- Validity
- Hawthorne Effect
- Observer bias
- Going native
- Will not act natural (overt)
- Representative
- Low
- Cannot do more than one
- Hard to generalise
- Not easily comparable
- Theoretical
- Interpretivist
- Qualitative data
- Example
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