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Here are terms from the Ethnographic chapter of the book...

Ethnographic Research - the collection of data on many variables over an extended period of time in a naturalistic setting, usually using observation and interviews.

Culture - the sum of a social group's observable patterns of behavior and/or their customs, beliefs, and knowledge

Holistic perspective - the attempt to incorporate all aspects of a culture into an ethnographic interpretation

contextualizes - placing information/data into a larger perspective, especially in an ethnography

Emic - the view of reality of a cultural "insider"

Etic - the view of reality of a cultural "outsider", objective view

multiple realities - the recognition and acceptance of multiple views of reality

thick description - the provision of great detail on basic data/information

member checking - procedure that involves asking participants in a qualitative study to check the accuracy of the research report

Interviewing - A form of data collection in which individuals or groups are questioned orally

Participant observation - observation in which the observer actually becomes a participant in the situation to be observed

Field Notes - the notes researchers take about what they observe and think about in the field

Field Jottings - quick notes taken by an ethnographer

Field Diary - a personal statement of a researcher's opinions about people and events he or she comes in contact with during research

Field Log - a running account of ow an ethnographer plans to, and actually does, spend his or her time in the field.

Descriptive Field Notes - the researchers' attempt to record what they observe completely and objectively

Reflective Field Notes - a record of the observer's thoughts and reflections during and after observation

Triangulation - cross-checking of data using multiple data sources or multiple data-collection procedures

Key Events - Events that provide unusually valuable data in an ethnographic study

Crystallization - occasions when different kinds of data "fall into place" to make a coherent picture