Editing Qualitative research (section)

=== Participant observation ===
In [[participant observation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techsociety.com/cal/soc190/fssba2009/ParticipantObservation.pdf|title=Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector's Field Guide|publisher=techsociety.com|access-date=7 October 2010}}</ref> ethnographers get to understand a culture by directly participating in the activities of the culture they study.<ref>Lindlof, T. R., & Taylor, B. C. (2002) ''Qualitative communication research methods: Second edition''. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. {{ISBN|0-7619-2493-0}}</ref> Participant observation extends further than ethnography and into other fields, including psychology. For example, by training to be an EMT and becoming a participant observer in the lives of EMTs, Palmer studied how EMTs cope with the stress associated with some of the gruesome emergencies they deal with.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Palmer | first1 = C.E. | year = 1983 | title = A note about paramedics' strategies for dealing with death and dying | url = | journal = Journal of Occupational Psychology | volume = 56 | issue = | pages = 83–86 | doi = 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1983.tb00114.x }}</ref>