Describe some of the problems associated with accessing research locales. Identify the pros and cons of conducting research invisibly. Explain how ethnographic research data is analyzed.

Observation Practices

6.1 Describe some of the problems associated with accessing research locales.
6.2 Identify the pros and cons of conducting research invisibly.
6.3 Recall the importance of planning for watching, listening, and learning in ethnographic research.
6.4 Explain how ethnographic research data is analyzed.
6.5 Examine how typologies, sociograms, and metaphors are used in studying ethnographic research data.
6.6 Outline two operations that form part of the process of disengaging from a field research setting.
6.7 Analyze the relevance of reflexivity as used in ethnography.
6.8 Recall that the major elements in critical-ethnography is addressing concerns on power and control structures.
6.9 Outline the uniqueness of ethnography with respect to other forms of research.
6.10 Give potential causes behind the failure of ethnographic field strategies