Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Design and Why It Doesn't Work

Borman, Kathryn M.; LeCompte, Margaret D.; Goetz, Judith

doi:10.1177/000276486030001006

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“…Findings are generalizable only to the extent that they can be compared to similar research sites, events, or populations (Borman, LeCompte, & Goetz, 1986). Internal validity is also a concern for case studies that seek to explain or interpret a set of events (Yin, 1994).…”

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confidence: 99%

Developing and refining mental models in open-ended learning environments: A case study

Oliver

Hannafin

2001

ETR&D

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Section: Validity and Reliabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing and refining mental models in open-ended learning environments: A case study

Oliver

Hannafin

2001

ETR&D

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“…One of the most salient characteristics of qualitative research, especially ethnography, is that the researcher is preeminently the research tool (Borman, LeCompte, and Goetz, 1986).…”

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“…Conventional ethnography theory, as formulated by Nardi and others (Borman et al, 1986;Lawlor and Mattingly, 2001;LeCompte and Goetz, 1982;Nardi, 1997b;Petty, 1997;Segall, 1991;Uzzell, 2000), is highly qualitative in nature where the observer becomes immersed in the culture of the ethnic group being observed while maintaining as objective an opinion as possible in interpreting the meaning and nature of observations made. Those espousing this discipline would also postulate that all situations are different and should be considered differently even if they involve individuals performing like activities.…”

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The Compass Paradigm for the Systematic Evaluation of U.S. Army Command and Control Systems Using Neural Network and Discrete Event Computer Simulation

Middlebrooks¹,

Jones²,

Henry³

2005

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(ABSTRACT)In today's technology based society the rapid proliferation of new machines and systems that would have been undreamed of only a few short years ago has become a way of life. Developments and advances especially in the areas of digital electronics and micro-circuitry have spawned subsequent technology based improvements in transportation, communications, entertainment, automation, the armed forces, and many other areas that would not have been possible otherwise. This rapid "explosion" of new capabilities and ways of performing tasks has been motivated as often as not by the philosophy that if it is possible to make something better or work faster or be more cost effective or operate over greater distances then it must inherently be good for the human operator. Taken further, these improvements typically are envisioned to consequently produce a more efficient operating system where the human operator is an integral component. The formal concept of human-system interface design has only emerged this century as a recognized academic discipline, however, the practice of developing ideas and concepts for systems containing human operators has been in existence since humans started experiencing cognitive thought.An example of a human system interface technology for communication and dissemination of written information that has evolved over centuries of trial and error development, is the book. It is no accident that the form and shape of the book of today is as it is. This is because it is a shape and form readily usable by human physiology whose optimal configuration was determined by centuries of effort and revision. This slow evolution was mirrored by a rate of technical evolution in printing and elsewhere that allowed new advances to be experimented with as part of the overall use requirement and need for the existence of the printed word and some way to contain it. Today, however, technology is advancing at such a rapid rate that evolutionary use requirements have no chance to develop along side the fast pace of technical progress. One result of this recognition is the establishment of disciplines like human factors engineering that have stated purposes and goals of systematic determination of good and bad human system interface designs. However, other results of this phenomenon are systems that get developed and placed into public use simply because new technology allowed them to be made. This development can proceed without a full appreciation of how the system might be used and, perhaps even more significantly, what impact the use of this new system might have on the operator within it.The U.S. Army has a term for this type of activity. It is called "stove-piped development." The implication of this term is that a system gets developed in isolation where the developers are only looking "up" and not "around." They are thus concerned only with how this system may work or be used for its own singular purposes as opposed to how it might be used in the larger community of existing systems and interfaces...

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“…Initial reading of the literature (e.g. Borman, Le Compte & Goetz, 1986) had led me to believe that subjectivity was a bugbear to be avoided as one would a virulent virus. Indeed, initially I tried to conduct the research interviews in a way that might promote that goal.…”

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From Clinician to Researcher: The Challenges and Rewards

Wallace¹

2005

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

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After many enjoyable years of practice, I made a decision to retire, and felt the need for new but related interests. I knew it was going to be research because I have long considered the progress of my clinical work from that aspect. As a student, I had been trained in quantitative method, and I expected to experience a culture shock when ‘permitted’ to relax my previous research mode, with its dependence on statistical approaches based on preemptive hypotheses, to undertake a qualitative methodology novel to me.

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Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Design and Why It Doesn't Work

Cited by 76 publications

References 1 publication

Developing and refining mental models in open-ended learning environments: A case study

Developing and refining mental models in open-ended learning environments: A case study

The Compass Paradigm for the Systematic Evaluation of U.S. Army Command and Control Systems Using Neural Network and Discrete Event Computer Simulation

From Clinician to Researcher: The Challenges and Rewards

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