It is the study of the methods people use in dealing with everyday reality. In his book, Ritzer says: “Ethnomethodology means the methods people use every day” (Ritzer, 1386: 364).
He further explains that “ ethnomethodology is the body of commonsense knowledge and the range of procedures and considerations by means of which the ordinary members of society make sense of, find their way about in, and act on the circumstances in which they find themselves(Ritzer,2008, 254).