Chapter Ten. Qualitative Field Research
TOPICS APPROPRIATE TO FIELD RESEARCH
Field research involves going out to where the action
is and obvserving it in its natural setting. Thus it's an excellent
way to study events that occur in a particular place at a particular time:
a riot, rally, concert, or baseball game. It's equally appropriate
for studying less dramatic events, such as conversations, taxi rides, class
discussions, dating behavior, and so forth.