Questions for Tuesday, 10/23

1. Lauer and Asher mention there are two different roles the researcher can play in an ethnography: being a participant observer, and being an outside observer. Is there a difference of validity between ethnographies with a participant observer and ethnographies with an outside observer?

2. Is reliability even possible in any ethnography design? If so, how? If not, why not?

3. Because ethnography is one of the only methods which is highly conscious of the researcher’s role in the community, could it be argued that ethnography is a more valid form of research than other forms?