If a Researcher Joined a Religious Cult to See How

question 33

Multiple Choice

If a researcher joined a religious cult to see how members are recruited and why affiliation is so strong, she would be using the

• A) ex post facto method.
• B) phenomenological method.
• C) participant-observer method.
• D) experimental method.

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