What Are the Goals of Ethnography

question 79

Multiple Choice

What are the goals of ethnography?

• A) to explain ethnic differences using qualitative methods
• B) to develop quantitative data sets that allow researchers to discover correlations
• C) to conduct interviews with people who have very different ways of life
• D) to describe activities sociologists observe and to understand what those activities mean to the people involved
• E) to develop ethics and standards for sociological research

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Definitions:

Work Pattern

The regular manner in which work is organized, scheduled, and performed within an organization or job.

Job

A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, typically as part of one's occupation or profession.

Job Enlargement

A method of job design that increases the number of activities in a job to overcome the boredom of overspecialized work.

Integration

The act of combining or coordinating separate elements so they work together effectively.