According to Your Text, a Researcher Recruited Participants in a Study

question 62

Multiple Choice

According to your text, a researcher recruited participants in a study from a youth leadership organization and community center in Oakland. This researcher needed to make sure he had the trust and rapport of his participants and therefore was concerned with the difficult component in participant observation research of ______.

• A) sampling people and events
• B) entering the field
• C) developing and maintaining relationships
• D) examining the larger community context

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Definitions:

Reverse Discrimination

Situations where affirmative action or similar measures result in perceived or actual discrimination against a dominant or majority group.

Preferential Treatment

The act of giving unfair advantage or benefits to certain employees over others without justifiable reasons.

Four-Fifths Rule

The four-fifths rule suggests that disparate impact exists if a selection criterion (e.g., a test score) results in a selection rate for a protected class that is less than four-fifths (80 percent) of that for the majority group.

Protected Class

A protected class consists of all individuals who share one or more common characteristics as indicated by that law.