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Ethnographic Research and the Problem of Data Reduction 1
Author(s) -
Goetz Judith Preissle,
LeCompte Margaret D.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1981.12.1.05x1283i
Subject(s) - ethnography , observational study , naturalism , variety (cybernetics) , naturalistic observation , sociology , research design , observational methods in psychology , qualitative research , epistemology , psychology , computer science , social science , social psychology , anthropology , mathematics , statistics , artificial intelligence , philosophy
Choices of strategies for analyzing records or transcripts of human behavior in everyday, naturalistic settings are affected by a variety of external and internal design constraints. Among the most common techniques identified are analytic induction, the constant comparative method, typological analysis, enumerative systems, and standardized observational protocols. Each of these is described and analyzed along multiple dimensions of design considerations. SCHOOL ETHNOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.