Personal digital assistants, global positioning systems, laptop computers, cameras, and camcorders are instruments used in research methods to document people, places, events, and settings over time. Researchers use PDAs to send and receive messages and pictures, GPS for navigation assistance, laptops as portable notepads, cameras to create photographic records, and camcorders to stop time during observations. Follow-up questions for interviews include elaboration, example, internal logic, restatement, and direct prompts.
Personal digital assistants, global positioning systems, laptop computers, cameras, and camcorders are instruments used in research methods to document people, places, events, and settings over time. Researchers use PDAs to send and receive messages and pictures, GPS for navigation assistance, laptops as portable notepads, cameras to create photographic records, and camcorders to stop time during observations. Follow-up questions for interviews include elaboration, example, internal logic, restatement, and direct prompts.
Personal digital assistants, global positioning systems, laptop computers, cameras, and camcorders are instruments used in research methods to document people, places, events, and settings over time. Researchers use PDAs to send and receive messages and pictures, GPS for navigation assistance, laptops as portable notepads, cameras to create photographic records, and camcorders to stop time during observations. Follow-up questions for interviews include elaboration, example, internal logic, restatement, and direct prompts.
PDAs are pocket-sized tools designed to send and receive text messages, e- mail, and pictures. GPS Global positioning system (GPS) navigation tools help ethnographers take the first step in the ethnographic journey, helping them reach their destination to conduct interviews and observations. Laptop Computer The laptop computer is a significant improvement over pen and notepad. Laptop computers are truly portable computers for use in the office, on a plane, or in the field. Cameras They document people, places, events, and settings over time. They enable the anthropologist to create a photographic record of specific behaviours. Camcorders They provide the observer with the ability to stop time. Types of follow-up questions: 1. Elaboration prompts • Really? 2. Example prompts • Can you give an example (from own personal experience, etc.)? 3. Internal logic questions • Can you explain what you mean by “y” and “not y”? 4. Restatement questions • If I understand correctly, you are saying that. . . 5. Direct questions • What do you think e.g. “love” means?