Discuss the role of a key informant in field research and compare it to the role of an interviewee in intensive interviewing. Are there any differences? If so, what? What ethical concerns must a researcher consider with key informants and interviewees?

What will be an ideal response?


Key informant, group's culture, access and insights, random selection of informants is rare, represent a range of perspectives.

Political Science

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A. submit bureaucratic reorganization plans to Congress. B. bypass a given agency in order to facilitate policy implementation. C. dissolve federal agencies at the president's discretion. D. establish new federal agencies at the president's discretion. E. fire civil servants without cause in order to make room for political appointees.

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The U.S. government helped Ayatollah Khomeini overthrow the Iranian government of Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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The Freedom of Information Act and the Administrative Procedure Act are examples of

A) constraints on bureaucracy. B) early, unconstitutional attempts to restrain bureaucrats. C) laws that apply only to Congress. D) regulations that principally limit executive powers. E) laws that apply only to congressional staff.

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Unlike most social value policy debates, the legalization of marijuana does have a utilitarian dimension to it which does make it ______.

A. moralistic B. bargainable C. constitutional D. ethical

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