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Data Gathering Techinques
Data Gathering Techinques
Gathering
Techniques
M.C. Sanchez
R.S. Batani
Participant Observation
• Participant observation is the main data collecting
technique in ethnographic research. It requires the
involvement of the researcher with the community
being studied in a natural environment over extended
period of time (De Walt and De Walt. 2002).