5.4 - FIELD WORK IN SOCIOLOGY
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What is fieldwork?
💡 Hint: Think about where sociologists gather their data.
Name one advantage of participant observation.
💡 Hint: Consider being inside the group's life.
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does participant observation involve?
💡 Hint: Think about how a researcher interacts with subjects.
True or False: Surveys can provide information but lack depth compared to interviews.
💡 Hint: Consider the intimacy of interactions in different methods.
Get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Design a mini-research study using participant observation. What ethical considerations must you account for?
💡 Hint: Think about how your presence might change behaviors.
Analyze a case where a survey led to misleading conclusions. What went wrong?
💡 Hint: Consider the sample selection and question formulation.
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.