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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2017.8.10.333

A Convergence Analysis of the Ethnographic Method for Doctoral Dissertations in Korea : Focused on Research Participants, Data Collection Methods, and Trustworthiness Criteria

Oh, Ho-young (Dept. of Special Education, Chonnam National University)
Cho, Hong-Joong (Dept. of Special Education, Chonnam National University)

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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.8, no.10, 2017 , pp. 333-338 More about this Journal

Abstract

Ethnography is concerned about specifically-based behavior and belief and the learned pattern of language and aims to describe and interpret them. Therefore, it is a classical form of qualitative research that was developed by anthropologists who spent for long time in conducting fieldworks within the cultural group. The results of analyzing ethnographic research methods of doctoral dissertations in Korea are as follows. First, the number of research participants in data collection methods was 1-10(32 dissertations, 44.4%), 11-20(18, 25%), 21-30(13, 18.1%), 31-40(2, 2.7%), and others(7, 9.8%). Second, data collection methods were in-depth interview(71, 98.6%), participant observation(70, 97.2%), document data(38, 52.7%), engineering device(12, 16.6%), and others(8, 11.1%). Data collection periods were 3-5 months(7 dissertation, 9.8%), 6-8 months(15, 20.8%), 9-11 months(14, 19.6%), 12-14 months(13, 18.1%), more than 15 months(17, 23.6%), and unpresented(4, 5.4%). Third, trustworthiness criteria were triangulation(46 dissertation, 63.9%), research participants' evaluation of study results 44(61.1%), peer researchers' advice and indication(33, 45.8%), follow-up(25, 34.7%), use of reference(20, 27.8%), reflexive subjectivity(17, 23.6%), intensive observation for a sufficient period(10, 13.9%), in-depth description(7, 9.8%), and others(7, 9.8%).

Keywords

ethnography; doctoral dissertation; research methods; data collection methods; convergence;

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