Which of the Following Methodological Approaches to a Research Project

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following methodological approaches to a research project on internal migration from rural to urban areas is an ethnography?

• A) A researcher distributes paper questionnaires to individuals in rural areas in South America asking their reasons for staying in rural areas and their experiences with friends and neighbors who have moved to cities.
• B) A researcher conducts a series of interviews with individuals about their motivation for moving to cities from rural areas in Argentina.
• C) A researcher examines the different reasons to move to urban areas in Africa vs.in South America.
• D) A researcher asks individuals in rural villages in northern Africa their opinions about (randomly)only one of the two following conditions: whether a long-term drought would cause them to leave a rural area for an urban area,or whether conflict among village leadership would cause them to leave a rural area for an urban area.

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Definitions:

Respondents

Individuals who answer or reply to surveys, questionnaires, or interviews in research studies.

Creatively

Utilizing imagination or original ideas to produce something, often in art, literature, or problem-solving.

Replicate

To copy, reproduce, or duplicate an object, experiment, or process to verify its results.

Ethical Problems

Moral dilemmas or issues that require a choice to be made between options that may be right or wrong according to ethical principles.