OrientationObservationIn-depth interviewsDocument analysis and semiologyConversation and discourse analysisSecondary Data
SurveysExperimentsEthicsResearch outcomes
Conclusion
3.4 Access 3.4.5 The interrelationship of access negotiation and data collection Negotiating access and data collection are not distinct aspects of the research process, they overlap, and the process of negotiating access can provide valuable information about the nature of the social setting being observed.
For example, the openness with which a person may describe criminal activities shows the matter-of-fact way that the deviant 'career' is seen.
HowardNewby (1977), in his study of farm workers, noted that having to go through the farmer in order to contact the workers was in itself important evidence that clearly indicated how significant the employer was in the lives of the farm workers.
Access to a research setting and subsequent withdrawal from it raise ethical questions, which are examined in Section 10
