SSC 200 Final Exam: University of Dayton Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Ethnography vs. other Social Science Methods - Answer--Ethnographers discover what people do and why BEFORE assigning meaning to their behaviors and beliefs -Depends on the researcher to serve as primary tool for data collection (**Importance of Bias**) -Ethnographers use a variety of approaches What are the 4 guiding principles of ethnography? - Answer--Ethnographic research is guided by and generates theory. -Ethnographic research is both qualitative and quantitative. -Ethnographic research is conducted locally. -Ethnographic research is applied. Formative Theory - Answer--Pre-existing information on the research community and topic • Literature on the study topic • The researcher's experience • Popular and media sources • The experience of a local community Ethnographic research is both qualitative and quantitative - Answer-Qualitative: Descriptions in words Quantitative: Numerical data Importance of Language/Linguistic Structures in Ethnographic Research Ethnographic research focuses on understanding a localpopulation in a broader socioeconomic and political context Ethnographic research is conducted locally - Answer-Spatially-Defined Culture/Site/Population Importance of Interaction/Observation Connecting Local Findings with Larger Social/Global Issues Ethnographic Research is applied - Answer-describe a problem in a local population Culture - Answer-Invisible web of behaviors, patterns, rules, and rituals of a group of people