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	איסוף תצפיות שדה ממקורות מרובים	תצפית בלתי משתתפת
תחום	מתודולוגיית סקרים	מתודולוגיית סקרים
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1970s–1990s (multi-observer extensions formalised in mixed-methods era)	Formalized mid-20th century (Gold 1958); practice dates to late 19th-century social surveys
הוגה השיטה	Ethnographic research tradition; systematised by Emerson, Fretz & Shaw	Raymond Gold (role typology); earlier roots in social survey movement and Chicago School sociology
סוג	Qualitative data collection technique	Qualitative / quantitative observational data collection
מקור מכונן	Emerson, R. M., Fretz, R. I., & Shaw, L. L. (2011). Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226206837	Gold, R. L. (1958). Roles in sociological field observations. Social Forces, 36(3), 217–223.
כינויים	multi-observer field notes, triangulated field notes, collaborative field notes, multi-site field notes	detached observation, systematic observation, structured field observation, external observation
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.	Non-participant observation is a data-collection method in which the researcher observes behavior, interactions, or events in a natural or structured setting without joining or influencing the activity under study. The observer maintains a deliberate distance from participants to minimize their own effect on the phenomena being recorded, producing field notes, behavioral tallies, or recordings that reflect naturally occurring behavior rather than behavior shaped by researcher involvement.