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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #46028 Medium Ethnography
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So, what I'm going to talk about to you today is something called ethnography. This is a type of research aimed at exploring the way human cultures work. It was first developed for use in anthropology, and it's also been used in sociology and communication studies. So, what's it got to do with business, you may ask Well, businesses are finding that ethnography can offer them deeper insight into the possible needs of customers, either present or future, as well as providing valuable information about their attitudes towards existing products. And ethnography can also help companies to design new products or services that customers really want. Let's look at some examples of how ethnographic research works in business. One team of researchers did a project for a company manufacturing kitchen equipment. They watched how cooks used measuring cups to measure out things like sugar and flour. They saw that the cooks had to check and recheck the contents because, although the measuring cups had numbers inside them, the cooks couldn't see these easily. So, a new design of cup was developed to overcome this problem, and it was a top seller.

According to the speaker, which of the following statements are correct?

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Option 1: "Ethnography can be used in business to investigate customer attitudes."

Explanation: The text states that ethnography provides valuable information about customer attitudes towards existing products, which directly supports this option. The phrase 'deeper insight into the possible needs of customers' indicates that understanding customer attitudes is a key aspect of ethnographic research in business.

Option 2: "How ethnography research works in business is illustrated by the use of kitchen equipment."

Explanation: The speaker provides a specific example of ethnographic research conducted for a company manufacturing kitchen equipment, demonstrating how observing cooks led to a new product design. This directly illustrates how ethnography works in a business context, making this option correct.

Option 3: "It is better for cooks to use cups to measure out things like sugar and flour."

Explanation: This option implies that using measuring cups is advantageous, but the text highlights a problem with the existing design of measuring cups, indicating that they were not effective for cooks. Therefore, this statement contradicts the information presented in the text.

Option 4: "Designing new products can help businesses to understand ethnographic research."

Explanation: This option suggests that product design aids in understanding ethnographic research, which is not supported by the text. Instead, the text states that ethnography helps businesses design new products, indicating a misunderstanding of the relationship between the two.

Option 5: "Ethnography is a type of research aimed at exploring how communication works."

Explanation: While ethnography is mentioned as being used in communication studies, the primary focus of the text is on exploring human cultures and customer needs in business contexts. This option misrepresents the main aim of ethnography as described in the text.

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