Practise

1. When negotiating access to an organization ______.

a. vital features of the setting are made visible

b. failed access attempts are data just as much as successful attempts

c. the harder it is to gain access, the more likely the research will be rewarding

d. all of these

e. None of these

Ans: D – all of these. No matter what kind of access (or lack thereof) you have to an organization, you can gain valuable information for your research.

2. The following questions are answered in fieldnotes.

a. what are people doing

b. what are they trying to accomplish

c. how exactly do they do this

d. all of these

e. None of these

Ans: D – all of these. Fieldnotes should be as comprehensive as possible – you want to record not just what you can see, but also what you hear and perceive through other sensory experiences.