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Workbook - Field research
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Educational objectives
After completing this chapter, you will:
1. have a good understanding of field research, ethnographic research and case studies and their application in social research;
2. have acquired knowledge of field research, its types and design, and the way it is employed in social sciences;
3. be familiar with the context, structure and application of case-study research as employed in quantitative and qualitative research;
4. have a good grounding in ethnographic research and its status in the social sciences;
5. have gained skills appropriate to conduct field research and critically assess its results;
6. have a critical understanding of the role of field research in the social sciences and its strengths and weaknesses.
