"fieldwork observation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the act of conducting research and gathering data through direct observation in a real-world setting, rather than in a controlled laboratory environment. One example of using "fieldwork observation" in a sentence could be: "After conducting extensive fieldwork observations, the researcher was able to identify patterns of animal behavior in their natural habitat."
The paper presents a method called DiCER for using large groups of non-specialists (i.e non-ethnographers) to make fieldwork observations working in a transdisciplinary setting with ethnographers and designers.
The research presented in the paper was carried out with Rehabilitation and Community Care Services (RCCS) in Nottingham (1994 1997), and is based upon fieldwork observations and in-depth interviews with RCCS staff and 25 service users.
Note: The table is based on fieldwork observations and complemented by personal communication with Dr. Morris, and from Morris ([2002]), and Miller and Morris ([2004]) especially for the Soqotri terms, the timing of the seasons and some of the related socio-economic activities.
Data will be collected through fieldwork observations and informal interviews with patients before and after consultations.
A well known limitation to fieldwork observations is the unknown effect of the researcher's presence on participants.
This made it difficult for the other staff to document in the computer program the first days after the resident's arrival (fieldwork observations).
Regarding this resident, the oral interactions among staff in the initial period did not focus on his physical shortcomings (fieldwork observations).
The research process was not linear but an on-going process and I often moved back and forth between repeated in-depth interviews and conversations, case studies and fieldwork observations.
It seemed the cognitively able new residents quickly learned to take after the other residents' strategies at these times; after the meals, they went into their rooms and shut the door behind them (fieldwork observations).
Although various definitions exist for what a finding is in qualitative research, in meta-aggregation, findings are defined as a verbatim extract of the author's analytic interpretation accompanied by a participant voice, fieldwork observations or other data.
