What Is One of the Major Advantages of Field Research

question 28

Multiple Choice

What is one of the major advantages of field research compared to other qualitative approaches?

• A) Participants in the study tend to feel empowered.
• B) Participants can give accounts in their own words and unexpected responses are encouraged.
• C) It's possible to make comparisons across time and space.
• D) The researcher is able to gain a deep understanding of a group and its members.
• E) Implied meanings in "text" situations can be revealed.

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Definitions:

Investigation

The systematic inquiry or study into something to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

Coastline Uplifted

The rise of landmasses relative to the sea level, often caused by tectonic activities such as earthquakes or isostatic adjustments, leading to changes in coastal landscapes.

Subsided

The process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than the surrounding land area, often due to natural geological processes or the extraction of underground resources.

1964 Alaskan Earthquake

A powerful seismic event that struck Southcentral Alaska on March 27, 1964, also known as the Great Alaskan Earthquake, the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded.