Lesson 02A.3.5
02A.3.5 Ethnography Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 5
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The 20 questions
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Which qualitative research method involves researchers immersing themselves in a group's daily life?
- Ethnography
- Experiment
- Official statistics
- Questionnaire
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What term describes an ethnographer who does not disclose their true research identity to the group?
- Overt
- Structured
- Covert
- Longitudinal
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What term describes an ethnographer who openly declares their research purpose to the group?
- Covert
- Overt
- Anonymous
- Implicit
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Which classic sociological study used covert participant observation in a tearoom setting?
- Suicide
- The Protestant Ethic
- Tearoom Trade
- The Communist Manifesto
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Which researcher conducted a famous covert participant observation study on a doomsday cult?
- Karl Marx
- Leon Festinger
- Emile Durkheim
- Max Weber
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What advantage do interpretivists claim ethnography provides in terms of research data?
- Generalisability
- Objectivity
- Reliability
- Verstehen
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Which research paradigm strongly favours ethnography due to its focus on meanings?
- Positivism
- Interpretivism
- Functionalism
- Empiricism
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Why do positivists generally reject ethnographic methods as a viable research tool?
- Low reliability
- Lack of depth
- Too quantitative
- High cost
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What is a major practical limitation of conducting long-term ethnographic fieldwork?
- Too structured
- Time consuming
- Easily automated
- Low validity
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What is the primary risk when a researcher becomes too involved with the group studied?
- Loss of objectivity
- Sampling bias
- Hawthorne effect
- Low response rate
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What term describes a researcher adopting the values and viewpoints of the studied group entirely?
- Operationalisation
- Going native
- Triangulation
- Standardisation
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Which data collection technique is most commonly combined with participant observation in ethnography?
- Structured experiments
- Closed questionnaires
- Official statistics
- Unstructured interviews
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What do ethnographers write daily to record observations, conversations, and reflections?
- Coding frames
- Census logs
- Field notes
- Statistical tables
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What name is given to individuals who help a researcher gain access to a closed social group?
- Confederates
- Stipends
- Gatekeepers
- Respondents
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Why is gaining access particularly difficult for ethnographers studying deviant subcultures?
- Official sponsorship
- Strict legal codes
- Too much funding
- Suspicion of outsiders
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Which classic sociological ethnography investigated a street corner society in Boston?
- The Polish Peasant
- Street Corner Society
- Learning to Labour
- Middletown
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Which ethnographic study by Paul Willis examined working-class lads in education?
- Making a Living
- Learning to Labour
- Chubby and Proud
- The Gang
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What is the primary reason ethnography generally has low generalisability to wider populations?
- Small sample size
- Structured questions
- High standardisation
- Official data use
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What is a key methodological advantage of covert observation over overt observation?
- Avoids Hawthorne effect
- Easier note-taking
- Ethical approval
- Informed consent
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Which ethical issue frequently arises when conducting covert ethnographic research without informed consent?
- Deception
- Operationalisation
- Triangulation
- Attrition
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