E. Setting for Data Collection
• “Informant-driven” rather than “theory-driven”
• Investigator assumes ignorance of the culture or experience being
studied
• Informant teaches the investigator
• Data is collected in the “field” – the natural world where
people live and experience life
• Investigator should:
• be nonintrusive
• spend a prolonged time in the field
• Some researchers used multiple methods