Final Week: Question 1

Reading Chapter 13, methods of discovery, I found many of the research methods interesting. The method I found most interesting in the table 13.3 would be the ethnography form of research. I think research using this method would have a successful outcome seeing that observations in a natural setting would seem to gather the least biased results. For example, many documentary film makers want to keep an environment of their subjects as natural as possible. This keeps the story or idea of the film in it's purist form. The filmmakers may not go "under cover" as the text suggests for this method of research. But it is very important for most directors to avoid using their own input or opinion within their films. As a result, the conclusions that arise from each person or observation are most rewarding. I would probably use this method personally with my own research and experiments. As opposed to surveys or experimental research methods, which tend to have staged or forced aspects to them, the ethnography method would probably be most successful in answering many research questions.