Chapter 17: EthnographyFetterman, D. M. (2009). Ethnography. In L. Bickman & D. J. Rog, (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of applied social research methods (pp. 543-588).SAGE.
The chapter is an overview of what is involved when conducting ethnographic scholarship. The steps to completing an ethnographic study are reviewed. This includes the selection of a topic or theory to guide the study, instructions on what to do throughout the process, a description of fieldwork, and how to analyze the information obtained.