Participant observation

there are not too many cases to make this study unmanageable. I use inductive reasoning to observe specific cases (Lennon, Hendrix, and Cash) assumed to be relevant to this analysis. I explore cases through in-depth data collection, namely participant observation and…

at SOAR, I have actively participated in this program. Observation is a method which can enhance the assessment process. Hepworth et al. state, “a final source of information for assessment is the social worker’s personal experience based on direct interaction with the client” (p. 199). On this day, I met with the participant who I would like to assess for the purposes of this assignment. Based on my direct interaction with this participant,…

tested is personality and drug use from a longtitundal study. The participants in the study were one hundred and one eighteen year olds. Forty nine were males and fifty two females they were part of a group that were first studied at three years old. Independent variable of the study male and females. Dependent variable puzzle, shapes, personality cards and CQ. One of the nursey schools were completing a recruitment of participants for a longtindual study. The group of kids lived in an urban…

relationship between people and the feeling of listening to music. The data collection was from one observation and seven interviews. The observation site was in a nursing home. The subjects of interviews included two women and five men. One was a musician who worked in various nursing homes in New England areas. Six people were living in Lowell, ranging from age 59-70. With the consent of the participants, all of the sessions were audio recorded. The interviews discussed the importance of music…

developing a scientific method that included a thorough description the research process, much like the kind seen in the natural sciences research processes (Malinowski, 1922). He commented that the material should be “collected through minute, detailed observation" (1922 p.24). The information documented should be a “collection of ethnographic statements, characteristic narratives, typical utterance, items of folk-lore and magical formulae” (1992 p.24). Kalow, on the other hand, did not use…

understand factors which may contribute to certain adverse behavior during encounters with black males while on duty. Therefore, participants for the research consist of police officers from the Capital Police Department (CPD). The stakeholders are the seven-hundred police officers who are employed by the Capitol Police Department. However, the surveys, interviews, and observations will primarily concentrate on officers who work at the four precincts due to the fact they have the greatest…

There are many reasons that researchers decide to use a qualitative method rather than a quantitative one. In many universities and schools qualitative research is the model of choice (Sanders). This essay will discuss the factors which influence researchers to choose qualitative over quantitative methods with reference to existing research studies. Qualitative research aims to understand occurrences in context-specific settings and has a naturalistic approach. On the other hand, quantitative…

concentrating on homework. Participants consisted of 60 undergraduate students who were enrolled in at least three classes—two of which had to be math and science—at the Georgia Institute of Technology. These students were incentivized with extra credit. Due to technological complications, data are only available for 58 participants (N = 58). Calderwood et al. (2014) observed participants while they were studying and doing homework for a three-hour period. They informed participants beforehand…

research by Kunze, Arntz and Kindt (2014), who found that after conditioning a group of participants on day 1 of the study by introducing a conditioned stimulus, the conditioned group showed a much higher startle response to the stimulus compared to the control on day 2, therefore showing that fear acquisition took place through Classical Condtioning; however it must be noted that a significant number of participants had to be dropped from the study for various reasons, which may have had an…

knowledge by others. However, reason does not always operate differently. When the researcher is explaining a set of rituals that they observed and why it is important to that culture, they use reason to understand what their observations. When the researcher describes their observations to other anthropologists, the others also employ reason in the same way to come to the same conclusion about the culture, without having personally gained the knowledge. For example, in Fadiman’s book, she makes…