The Method of Participant Observation Is Most Likely to Be

question 21

Multiple Choice

The method of participant observation is most likely to be taken up by researchers coming from this general theoretical approach.

• A)Functionalism
• B)Post-modernism
• C)Conflict theory
• D)Symbolic interactionism

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