Becker and Geer, Two Well-Known Chicago School Symbolic Interactionists, Argue

question 71

Multiple Choice

Becker and Geer, two well-known Chicago school symbolic interactionists, argue that participant observation yields more valid data than in-depth interviews. As they note, data gathered using in-depth interviews may lack validity because people:

• A)are often unaware of what they do or why they do it
• B)get nervous during interviews, which impairs their ability to answer questions accurately
• C)often lie to researchers to make themselves look better
• D)tend to withhold information they view as unimportant from the interviewer
• E)both a and d

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