השוואת שיטות

	איסוף תצפיות שדה ממקורות מרובים	אתנוגרפיה
תחום	מתודולוגיית סקרים	איכותני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1970s–1990s (multi-observer extensions formalised in mixed-methods era)	c. 1922 (Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific)
הוגה השיטה	Ethnographic research tradition; systematised by Emerson, Fretz & Shaw	Bronisław Malinowski (modern ethnography); rooted in 19th-century anthropology
סוג	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative fieldwork tradition
מקור מכונן	Emerson, R. M., Fretz, R. I., & Shaw, L. L. (2011). Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226206837	Hammersley, M. & Atkinson, P. (2019). Ethnography: Principles in Practice (4th ed.). Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138504462
כינויים	multi-observer field notes, triangulated field notes, collaborative field notes, multi-site field notes	Etnografi, participant observation, fieldwork, ethnographic research
קשורות	6	5
תקציר	Multi-source field notes is a data collection approach in which two or more observers, sites, or vantage points contribute written records of naturally occurring events, interactions, and settings. By pooling notes from multiple sources, researchers cross-check individual impressions and capture aspects of a scene that any single observer would miss, strengthening descriptive richness and analytical trustworthiness.	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.