Why Is Participant Observation Considered Especially Important to Ethnographic Research

question 93

Multiple Choice

Why is participant observation considered especially important to ethnographic research?

• A) The anthropologist will have personal experience with the habits and customs of the people being studied.
• B) It protects the anthropologist from appearing foolish while gathering information about a culture.
• C) It provides the anthropologist with valuable insights into the culture without having to know its language.
• D) The people being studied will be unable to keep information a secret from the ethnographer who is living with them and is therefore a part of their culture.

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