Sociology

Participant Observation and Interviewing: A Comparison

H. Becker, Blanche Geer

1957.9.1HUMAN ORGANIZATION

DOI: 10.17730/humo.16.3.k687822132323013

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Participant observation and interviewing methods were compared for their effectiveness in sociological research.

Abstract

The most complete form of the sociological datum, after all, is the form in which the participant observer gathers it: An observation of some social event, the events which precede and follow it, a...

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BECKER, H.; GEER, Blanche. Participant observation and interviewing: A comparison. HUMAN ORGANIZATION, 1957, 16: 28–32.