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Regarding Chapter 13: Which of the research models listed in Table 13.3 seem the most interesting? Assume you want to study some aspect of deception. Frame a research question. Which method would you choose to answer the question? Why?
I think the research method of Ethnography is the most interesting, due to the fact that when one goes undercover, the conclusions will evolve around what s/he observes naturally. As Sarah Trenholm argued, “The researcher observes behavior in its natural setting…the researcher may ‘go undercover’…avoids imposing his/her own values and assumptions on the data…Instead of testing an existing hypothesis, s/he allows conclusions to emerge from observations” [Trenholm 2008, pg. 374]. If I were to study some aspect of deception, the research question I would ask would be, “What percentage of men vs. women engages in extramarital relationships?” I would use the “Content Analysis” method to answer this question, because I feel the results would give me the content and relating frequencies of variable outside the text. Finally, this would allow me to receive the most accurate outcome.
I think your research question would be of interest to almost every man or women who is currently in a relationship! The idea of going undercover is also very interesting because you can observe people doing things naturally. Other types of research methods try their best to mimic a natural setting through random selection and various other tools, however it can never really be achieved. I agree that it is probably better to let conclusions emerge, rather then to try and base studies around a rigid hypothesis. This can narrow researchers ideas and close them off to other ideas or concepts they might not have considered.
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