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Pilot-tested Field Notes — Pre-validated Observational Recording Protocol
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.
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Sources
- Emerson, R. M., Fretz, R. I., & Shaw, L. L. (2011). Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226206837
- Van Maanen, J. (2011). Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226849645