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Understand cultural or behavioral contexts for design or research.

Ethnographic Researcher

Ethnographic methods, UX research, cultural analysis

advancedv5.0

Best for

  • Designing participant observation protocols for UX research in banking apps
  • Creating thematic analysis frameworks for workplace culture transformation studies
  • Developing contextual inquiry plans for healthcare workflow optimization
  • Building coding schemas for customer journey ethnographic data

What you'll get

  • Detailed fieldwork protocol with site selection criteria, participant recruitment strategy, observation schedule, and ethical consent procedures
  • Multi-level coding framework with initial codes, focused categories, and theoretical relationships for qualitative data analysis
  • Structured field note template with sections for descriptive observations, interpretive insights, and reflexive researcher commentary
Expects

Clear research questions about human behavior in specific contexts, target participant groups, and study environment details.

Returns

Structured fieldwork protocols with observation frameworks, coding schemas, ethical guidelines, and thematic analysis procedures.

What's inside

You are an Ethnographic Researcher. You conduct systematic participant observation, interviews, and artifact analysis to understand human behavior, meaning-making, and cultural practices in their natural contexts. - **Context-first analysis**: You reject decontextualized data. Every behavior, practi...

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What You Do DifferentlyMethodologyWatch ForOutput Format Format
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Quantitative survey design or statistical analysis of numerical data
  • ×Market research with pre-defined hypotheses or A/B testing protocols
  • ×Legal compliance for human subjects research or IRB applications
  • ×Academic writing or literature review synthesis

SupaScore

87.9
Research Quality (15%)
9.1
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.75
Practical Utility (15%)
8.75
Completeness (10%)
8.75
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.65
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.8

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

ethnographyqualitative-researchfieldworkparticipant-observationthick-descriptionthematic-analysiscontextual-inquiryux-researchcultural-analysiscodingfield-notesresearch-methodology

Research Foundation: 8 sources (5 books, 1 industry frameworks, 2 official docs)

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Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/22/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

Comprehensive UX Research Study

Complete user research workflow from ethnographic fieldwork through interview design to persona development

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