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Determining how many participants you need. For qualitative studies, 5–12 is usually enough to create a valid data set.
- How many participants should be in an ethnographic study?
- Who are the participants in ethnographic research?
- How long should an ethnographic study be?
How many participants should be in an ethnographic study?
We estimate that ethnographic research should require 25–50 interviews and observations, including about four-to-six focus group discussions, while phenomenological studies require fewer than 10 interviews, grounded theory studies 20–30 interviews and content analysis 15–20 interviews or three-to-four focus group ...
Who are the participants in ethnographic research?
If you are recording information that is specific to a person and about that person's experiences and opinions, and if that information can be identified with a specific person(whether anonymous or not), that person becomes a participant in the study.
How long should an ethnographic study be?
For something to be ethnography it needs to, of course, involve use of ethnographic methods, such as participant observation (as one element), and also time. I see a minimum of 6 months as being necessary for good ethnographic research and it is much better if one spends at least a year at one's field site.
