ABSTRACT

Combining anecdotal accounts, inter-professional experiences, critical debate and practical pointers to being a good observer, this book explores issues surrounding observation in social science-orientated research.

chapter 1|8 pages

Problems and Pitfalls

chapter 2|10 pages

‘You Are Here’

chapter 3|9 pages

‘Inside Out or Outside In?’

chapter 4|11 pages

The Ethics of Entry

chapter 5|8 pages

Validity and Invalidity Benefits

chapter 6|13 pages

Checking It Out

chapter 7|18 pages

Seeing Through The Interview

chapter 8|12 pages

Research in the Technological Sense

chapter 10|10 pages

Closely Observed Training

chapter 11|13 pages

Administering Poison: Reporting Observations

chapter 12|8 pages

Tales of Future Past