For a study, hosea is watching people in their normal surroundings. What type o data collection method is this

Answer 1

If Hosea is merely watching and not participating, this would be referred to as an ethnography. Ethnographic research is a type of qualitative method that involves observing, exploring, and understanding groups within their own context. However, if Hosea was also participating, this would be referred to as participant observation. This is also a qualitative method, but, unlike ethnography, involves the active participation of the researcher with the group that they are observing.

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