To Study Interaction Between Prison Guards and Inmates, a Sociologist

question 32

Multiple Choice

To study interaction between prison guards and inmates, a sociologist lived at a prison for several months. Only the warden and a few other administrators knew he had not been convicted of a crime. This is an example of

• A)secondary data research.
• B)non-participant observation.
• C)participant observation.
• D)an experiment.

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