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During her field research project at a daycare center, Sally explained social research to the daycare center workers, told about her own background, and ignored minor rule infractions. This illustrates
 
  A) normalizing field research.
  B) use of small favors.
  C) negotiating with a gatekeeper.
  D) appearance of interest.
  E) attitude of strangeness.


Professor Deve Gowda was interested in using Statistics Canada data to examine the trend in Canadian unemployment rates for the last forty years. Yet, he found that unemployment was not recorded accurately in each year. This is an issue of
 
  A) reliability.
  B) validity.
  C) ecological fallacy.
  D) ideal types.
  E) verstehen.


Field researchers attempt to achieve reliability and validity for the data collected in several ways. Of the following, which is NOT one of the ways they try to ensure reliability and validity?
 
  A) member validation
  B) ecological validity
  C) internal consistency
  D) external consistency
  E) none of the above
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