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» This article is about the scientific method. For the military term, see Field fortifications under Fortification.
Field work is a general descriptive term for the collection of raw
data. The term is mainly used in the
natural and
social sciences studies, such as in
biology,
ecology,
environmental science,
geology,
geography,
geophysics,
paleontology,
archaeology,
anthropology,
ethnomusicology,
linguistics, and
sociology, although it's also used in other subjects, such as in
auditing. It is more technically known to
scientific methodologists as
field research.
Field work, which is conducted
in situ, can be contrasted with laboratory or
experimental research which is conducted in a quasi-controlled environment. In
survey research, field work refers to face-to-face or telephone
interviewing.
The interviewing or observation of people to learn their languages, folklore, and social structures constitutes field work. Especially when humans themselves are the subject of study, protocols must be devised to reduce the risk of
observer bias and the acquisition of too theoretical or idealized explanations of the actual workings of a culture.
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