1-Consider your current fieldwork
placement site at palm beach food bank. What kinds of data have been available to you? How reliable and
valid is the data? What are some specific research questions you could explore
with that data? (Identify at least 3) Can you suggest some changes in the way
the agency collects data that would enhance their research opportunities?
2-Select a specific public
area (e.g., park, mall, restaurant, waiting room, neighborhood, etc.) and spend
one hour there observing what you see. Before you begin observing the area you
selected, answer the following questions:
1. What
are the general categories of data you can observe?
2. How
will you gain entry to the setting? What permission do you need, if any?
3. Are
specific times or days preferable for making observations in this place?
4. Which
observational approach would be best – participant or nonparticipant?
5. For
this setting, would it be more appropriate to collect field notes or develop a
coding scheme? Why