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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450677403321

Autore

Sanger Jack <1943, >

Titolo

The compleat observer? : a field research guide to observation / / Jack Sanger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Falmer Press, , 1996

ISBN

1-135-71660-9

0-585-45240-7

1-280-10934-3

1-135-71661-7

0-203-45410-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

Qualitative studies series ; ; 2

Disciplina

371.1/02

Soggetti

Observation (Educational method)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Problems and Pitfalls; 'You Are Here'; 'Inside Out or Outside In?'; The Ethics of Entry; Validity and Invalidity Benefits; Checking It Out; Seeing Through The Interview; Research in the Technological Sense; Seven Types of Creativity: Observation and Data Analysis; Closely Observed Training; Administering Poison: Reporting Observations; Tales of Future Past; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Combining anecdotal accounts, inter-professional experiences, critical debate and practical pointers to being a good observer, this book explores issues surrounding observation in social science-orientated research.