How Are Ethnographic and Phenomenological Studies Different

question 5

Multiple Choice

How are ethnographic and phenomenological studies different?

• A) Ethnographic studies include both qualitative and quantitative data, whereas phenomenological studies employ only qualitative methods of data collection.
• B) Ethnographic research makes extensive use of case studies, whereas phenomenological research relies more on questionnaires that include multiple-choice options.
• C) Phenomenological research focuses on the meaning of an event or experience to an individual or group of people, whereas ethnographic research focuses on patterns of behaviour of people within a culture.
• D) Phenomenological research requires that data be collected face to face over an extended period and in the person's natural setting; ethnographic studies collect the history of a culture by using primary and secondary documents as key data sources.

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