In Overt Participant Observation

question 63

Multiple Choice

In overt participant observation:

• A)in-depth interviewing is replaced with conversation analysis
• B)study participants are often unaware that they are being studied
• C)subjects usually come to the lab or some other enclosed study setting
• D)the researcher lets people know that he or she is there to study them
• E)the setting of the study is negotiated by the researcher and a core group of participants

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Definitions:

Increasing-cost Industry

An industry in which the costs of production increase as the industry expands, often due to limitations in resources or factors of production.

Long-run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between price and quantity supplied over a longer period, when all inputs can be varied.

Perfectly Elastic

Describes a situation in which the quantity demanded or supplied changes by an infinite amount in response to any price change, depicted as a horizontal line on a graph.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production are variable, leading to a situation where firms only earn normal profits and no incentives exist for entering or exiting the industry.