Question

Hype Mobile Phones wants to learn how consumers decide which mobile phones to purchase, so it places researchers in mobile phone stores and has them pose as sales people. In this example, researchers are ________. a) third-party observers b) actors c) participant-observers d) active researchers e) imitators

Answer 1

Answer:

c) participant-observers

Explanation:

-Third-party observer is an additional person that is involved in the assesment.

-Actors refer to people tha perform a character.

-Participant-observer is when researchers are allowed to learn about what is being studied by participating in the activities that are part of the research.

-Active researchers refers to practitioners that are part of a company that perform the research in their area to help fix a problem.

-Imitators refer to people that copy other people's actions.

According to this, the answer is that in this example, researchers are participant-observers are researchers are placed in the stores s sales people.