Sociology fieldwork methods. Refer to the Teaching Sociology (July 2006) study of the fiel...

Sociology fieldwork methods. Refer to the Teaching Sociology (July 2006) study of the fieldwork methods usedby qualitative sociologists, presented. Recall that fieldwork methods can be categorized as follows:Interview, Observation plus Participation, Observation Only,and Grounded Theory. The accompanying table (saved inthe FIELDWORK file) shows the number of papers publishedover the past seven years in each category. Suppose asociologist claims that 70%, 15%, 10%, and 5% of the fieldwork methods involve interview, observation plus participation,observation only, and grounded theory, respectively. Dothe data support or refute the claim? Explain.

Based on Hood, J. C. “Teaching against the text: The case of qualitative methods.” Teaching Sociology , Vol. 34, July 2006 (Exhibit 2).

Sociology fieldwork methods. University of New Mexico professor Jane Hood investigated the fieldwork methods used by qualitative sociologists. ( Teaching Sociology , July 2006.) Searching for all published journal articles, dissertations, and conference proceedings over the previous seven years in the Sociological Abstracts database, she discovered that fieldwork methods could be categorized as follows: Interview, Observation plus Participation, Observation Only, and Grounded Theory. The accompanying table shows the number of papers in each category. (These data are saved in the FIELDWORK file.) Use an appropriate graph to portray the results of the study. Interpret the graph.

Based on Hood, J. C. “Teaching against the text: The case of qualitative methods.” Teaching Sociology , Vol. 34, Issue 3, p. 207 (Exhibit 2).