"Hanging Around" or "Mucking Around" Is ________

question 14

Multiple Choice

"Hanging around" or "mucking around" is ________.

• A) a way of identifying a topic whereby a researcher spends time in a setting that looks like it might be a fruitful site of research
• B) what happens when you fail to develop a concrete plan prior to engaging in ethnographic work
• C) a method of discovering a topic whereby a researcher "mucks around" with old journal articles looking for weaknesses in the research to improve upon
• D) what happens when a researcher loses focus and gets "writer's block"

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