Scenario: Ali is a student and researcher of cultural anthropology, he was interested in knowing the condition of women empowerment in Southern Punjab region. For this purpose he needed to enquire about the hurdles in the path of women development. In order to do so, the researcher decided to conduct qualitative research and interviewed both men and women of a village in Southern Punjab to gain required information. It was not easy for the researcher to conduct interviews as women were reluctant to communicate with the male interviewer and the local culture of the region was new for the researcher hence it was difficult for him to cope up with their values. Once the information was collected, Ali thoroughly examined the data to see common trends and patterns. He concluded results based on his analysis that the lack of women education and domination of traditional cultural trends were the main hindrances in the path of empowering women in southern Punjab. Task: Read the given scenario carefully and identify stages of fieldwork against each information provided in Table 1. Students can select any stage of Fieldwork from the given options in Table 2.

Scenario:

Ali is a student and researcher of cultural anthropology, he was interested in knowing the condition of women empowerment in Southern Punjab region. For this purpose he needed to enquire about the hurdles in the path of women development. In order to do so, the researcher decided to conduct qualitative research and interviewed both men and women of a village in Southern Punjab to gain required information. It was not easy for the researcher to conduct interviews as women were reluctant to communicate with the male interviewer and the local culture of the region was new for the researcher hence it was difficult for him to cope up with their values. 

Once the information was collected, Ali thoroughly examined the data to see common trends and patterns.  He concluded results based on his analysis that the lack of women education and domination of traditional cultural trends were the main hindrances in the path of empowering women in southern Punjab. 

 

Task: 

• Read the given scenario carefully and identify stages of fieldwork against each information provided in Table 1.  

• Students can select any stage of Fieldwork from the given options in Table 2. 

 

	Table 1
	Information from scenario	Identification of stages of Fieldwork
1	Researcher identified common trends in the data after interviews
2	Researcher decided to do the research using qualitative method
3	Researcher concluded results that lack of education and cultural biases were the reasons behind the identified issue
4	Researcher conducted interviews under qualitative research for the study
5	Researcher wanted to know the reasons behind lack of women empowerment in southern Punjab

               

Table 2
Options for stages and/or issues identification
1	Selecting a research problem
2	Formulating a research design
3	Collecting the data
4	Analyzing the data
5	Interpreting the data

 

Solution:

	Table 1
	Information from scenario	Identification of stages of Fieldwork
1	Researcher identified common trends in the data after interviews	4. Analyzing the data
2	Researcher decided to do the research using qualitative method	2. Formulating a research design
3	Researcher concluded results that lack of education and cultural biases were the reasons behind the identified issue	5. Interpreting the data
4	Researcher conducted interviews under qualitative research for the study	3. Collecting the data
5	Researcher wanted to know the reasons behind lack of women empowerment in southern Punjab	1. Selecting a research problem