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	Пилотни полеви бележки	Полеви бележки
Област	Методология на проучванията	Методология на проучванията
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	Field notes: early 20th century; pilot-testing protocols formalised mid-20th century	Late 19th century (formalized in 20th century)
Създател	Ethnographic tradition (Bronislaw Malinowski, Robert Emerson et al.); pilot testing practice generalised across social sciences	Rooted in 19th-century anthropology and sociology; systematized by ethnographers such as Bronislaw Malinowski and later Robert Emerson et al.
Тип	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative data collection and recording technique
Основополагащ източник	Emerson, R. M., Fretz, R. I., & Shaw, L. L. (2011). Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226206837	Emerson, R. M., Fretz, R. I., & Shaw, L. L. (1995). Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226206813
Други названия	pre-validated field notes, pilot field observation notes, trial-tested observational notes	fieldnotes, observational notes, ethnographic notes, jottings
Свързани	4	6
Резюме	Pilot-tested field notes combine the classical ethnographic practice of systematic observational recording with a deliberate pre-validation phase. Before the main data collection begins, the researcher conducts one or more trial observation sessions to test and refine the note-taking protocol — assessing categories, focus areas, and recording conventions — so that the main fieldwork captures relevant data consistently and completely.	Field notes are detailed written records created by researchers during or immediately after direct observation in a naturalistic setting. They capture what is seen, heard, and experienced — including behaviors, interactions, physical environments, and the researcher's own analytic impressions — forming the primary data source for ethnographic and observational studies.