High School Student Ricardo Francisco Becomes an Informant in a Qualitative

question 11

Multiple Choice

High school student Ricardo Francisco becomes an informant in a qualitative research study on youth gangs in Vancouver.This means that he

• A) is very familiar with the culture and is in a position to witness significant events.
• B) is now able to offer incentives to fellow gang members for participation in the study.
• C) is now able to work as research assistant for the study.
• D) is immediately accepted by all youth gang members participating in the study.
• E) plays the role of a key witness in court when testifying against the illegal activities carried out by members of the gang.

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Definitions:

Delay Time

A specific duration used to postpone an event or action in a system.

Retentive Timer

An electromechanical relay that accumulates time whenever the device receives power and maintains the current time should power be removed from the device. Loss of power to the device after reaching its preset value does not affect the state of the contacts.

Off-Delay Nonretentive Timer

A timing function that starts counting when its input is turned off and does not retain the timing value after the power is removed.

Time Delay

Time Delay refers to a deliberate pause introduced into a control system or circuit to delay the activation or deactivation of an operation or signal.