In participant observation research, one danger is that the observer may become an

involved participant of the scene being observed. This is a problem because:



a. the researcher may lose his or her objective, scientific perspective.
b. the researcher may become too objective and not perceive things from the
perspective of group members.
c. verstehen may be irreversibly lost.
d. it becomes difficult to conduct time sampling.


A

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