What about ethnography makes it a powerful method for learning social information that people might otherwise not want to disclose?
A) The long-term involvement of a researcher in people’s lives creates more situations in which sensitive information might be shared.
B) Ethnography is more impersonal and brief than other methods, leading people to share sensitive information to a “passing acquaintance.”
C) Ethnography tends to involve much larger samples than survey methods, and so the chances of picking up something personal are increased.
D) In ethnography, researchers disguise the fact that they are researchers and thus trick participants into revealing more personal information.
Answer: A
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