A Researcher Working for the National Zoo Sat on Benches

Multiple Choice

A researcher working for the National Zoo sat on benches near the monkey house and recorded the gender, age (in terms of adult or child) , and apparent ethnic group membership of people who stopped to look at the exhibit. She also recorded amount of time they spent there. The researcher was conducting a(n) ________ study.

A) complete participant observation
B) observer as participant
C) participant as observer
D) nonparticipant observation