Identify and discuss methods in which participant observers may validate research findings.
What will be an ideal response?
? Data gathered by direct observation where we were participants.
? Data gathered by direct observation where we were not direct participants.
? Interviews which can be checked out against documented sources, for example, records of arrest or business ownership.
? Data corroborated by more than one informant.
? Lowest priority is assigned to data gathered from only one source. In addition, informants were graded from “always reliable” to “unreliable”.
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