What Are Common Problems with the Use of Participant Observation

question 114

Multiple Choice

What are common problems with the use of participant observation as a research method?

• A) validity, generalizability, exploratory potential, but not reliability
• B) reliability, exploratory potential, generalizability but not validity
• C) exploratory potential, validity, reliability, but not generalizability
• D) validity, reliability, generalizability, but not exploratory potential

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