Which of the following would literally result in a written portrait of the study population?
A) Descriptive research
B) Ethnographic research
C) Phenomenological approach
D) Structured interviews

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The word "ethnographic" means "portrait of a people."
Descriptive data collection methods would not tend to answer this research question. The word "ethnographic" means "portrait of a people."
Although discovering the "lived experience" of what it is like to be in a certain culture would be useful information, phenomenology does not create a portrait of the culture. The word "ethnographic" means "portrait of a people."
Structured interviews may provide some useful information, but would not necessarily result in a verbal "portrait" of the culture because the subjects would not have told their own story. The word "ethnographic" means "portrait of a people."

Which of the Following Would Literally Result in a Written