How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e

Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University

Ethnographic Research

Chapter Outline

What is Ethnographic Research?

The Unique Value of Ethnographic Research

Ethnographic Concepts

Topics that Lend Themselves well to Ethnographic Research

Sampling in Ethnographic Research

Do Ethnographic Researchers Use Hypotheses?

Data Collection in Ethnographic Research

Field Notes
An Example of Field Notes

Data Analysis in Ethnographic Research

Roger Harker and his Fifth-Grade Classroom

Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethnographic Research

An Example of Ethnographic Research

Analysis of the Study

Purpose/Justification
Definitions
Prior Research
Hypotheses
Sample
Instrumentation
Procedures/Internal validity
Data Analysis
Results and Discussion

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