Sam conducted a naturalistic observation as a project for a psychology class. He observed the interactions of parents and children at a restaurant. Many of the people he observed seemed to have noticed him
When Sam described his work to his teacher, she said his observations were
a) reactive.
b) unobtrusive.
c) randomly correlated.
d) statistically significant.
ANS: a
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