Сравнение на методи

	Етнография	Участническо наблюдение	Структурирано интервю
Област	Качествени методи	Качествени изследвания	Методология на проучванията
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	c. 1922 (Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific)	1922	1940s–1950s
Създател	Bronisław Malinowski (modern ethnography); rooted in 19th-century anthropology	Bronislaw Malinowski	Survey research tradition; formalized by Campbell, Katona, and Kahn in mid-20th century
Тип	Qualitative fieldwork tradition	Method	Quantitative / mixed data collection technique
Основополагащ източник	Hammersley, M. & Atkinson, P. (2019). Ethnography: Principles in Practice (4th ed.). Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138504462	Geertz, C. (1973). The Interpretation of Cultures. Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465026432	Fontana, A., & Frey, J. H. (2000). The interview: From structured questions to negotiated text. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research (2nd ed., pp. 645–672). Sage.
Други названия	Etnografi, participant observation, fieldwork, ethnographic research	ethnographic observation, participatory observation, overt observation, immersive observation	standardized interview, formal interview, schedule-based interview, fixed-format interview
Свързани	5	4	4
Резюме	Ethnography is a qualitative research tradition in which a researcher immerses themselves in a social group or community over an extended period — typically three to six months or longer — to study its culture, values, and behaviours in their natural setting. Originating in social and cultural anthropology, and consolidated as a rigorous method by Bronisław Malinowski in the early twentieth century, ethnography produces rich, contextualised accounts of how people live, work, and make meaning together.	Participant observation is a qualitative research method in which the researcher embeds themselves within a community, organization, or social setting for an extended period, engaging in the activities and relationships of the group while systematically observing and documenting behavior, interactions, and cultural meaning. Pioneered by Malinowski in the 1920s and developed in anthropology, the method has been adopted across sociology, education, health sciences, and organizational research. The researcher functions as both insider (participating in group activities) and outsider (maintaining analytical distance), generating thick description—rich accounts of context, behavior, and meaning that reveal how people actually live and interact.	A structured interview is a data collection technique in which every participant is asked exactly the same pre-specified questions in the same order, using standardized wording. Because the interview schedule is fixed, responses across participants are directly comparable, enabling quantitative aggregation and statistical analysis. It sits at the most standardized end of the interview continuum, between the self-administered questionnaire and the semi-structured interview.