1). (Regarding Chapter 13) Which of the research methods listed in Table 13.3 seem the most interesting? Assume you want to study some aspect of deception. Frame a research question. Which method would you choose to answer the question. Why?
To me, the most interesting research method listed is ethnography. With ethnography, a research is able to engage themselves in a culture while observing norms within this culture. Through this, he or she is able to understand how the society works and be able to critque on a different level as someone who just reads about it.
One research question I could ask is "How has technology affected romantic relationships?" . I would divide this particular study into focal areas that deal with romantic relationships like intimacy, maintenance, etc. Then, I could use survey research to see how people my resond to questions. If I were to use quantitative methods, I would make statements and see if people responds to that. I think this would be affective for a simple question. Other good methods to study the affect of romantic relationships deal with qualitative research. We could study survey research but use open ended question and gather textual analysis from this.
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I totally agree with you that ethnography's are the most interesting. I have read a few for my other classes and always find them really interesting. It is cool to see something from someone's perspective and what they experience. Often we are curious about different things and we want to know more about them and it is interesting when people write these ethnography's to give us a better look into what it is really like.
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