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CORALGRILL2014 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A goal of ethnography that makes it different from other methods of testing theories is that in ethnography, the researcher

a. tries to understand the group or culture without imposing his or her own ideas on it.
b. focuses on interjudge reliability.
c. relies on the accumulated documents of a culture as a technique for understanding.
d. focuses on assessing behaviors that occur more often in private than in public.

Question 2

Which of the following is the best example of the observational method?

a. Chris puts a glass to the wall so that he can hear his parents argue.
b. Elaine parks her car near a traffic light and records how many drivers run red lights.
c. Gary stops people on the street to ask them how they voted in the last election.
d. Twyla videotapes her sister's wedding, focusing on sentimental and silly moments.