<P> Participant observation is one type of data collection method typically used in qualitative research . It is a widely used methodology in many disciplines , particularly cultural anthropology , European ethnology , sociology , communication studies , human geography and social psychology . Its aim is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals ( such as a religious , occupational , sub cultural group , or a particular community ) and their practices through an intensive involvement with people in their cultural environment , usually over an extended period of time . The method originated in the field research of social anthropologists , especially Bronisław Malinowski and his students in Britain , the students of Franz Boas in the United States , and in the later urban research of the Chicago School of sociology . </P>
<P> Participant observation is one type of data collection method typically used in qualitative research . It is a widely used methodology in many disciplines , particularly cultural anthropology , European ethnology , sociology , communication studies , human geography and social psychology . Its aim is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals ( such as a religious , occupational , sub cultural group , or a particular community ) and their practices through an intensive involvement with people in their cultural environment , usually over an extended period of time . The method originated in the field research of social anthropologists , especially Bronisław Malinowski and his students in Britain , the students of Franz Boas in the United States , and in the later urban research of the Chicago School of sociology . </P>
who practiced the case study method of observation
who practiced the case study method of observation
the field research of social anthropologists , especially Bronisław Malinowski and his students in Britain , the students of Franz Boas in the United States , and in the later urban research of the Chicago School of sociology
the field research of social anthropologists , especially Bronisław Malinowski and his students in Britain , the students of Franz Boas in the United States , and in the later urban research of the Chicago School of sociology