Researchers invite a group of homemakers to a specially designed model home where they are observed by other researchers posing as homemakers,who record their conversations with concealed tape recorders.This observation would be characterized as
A)highly structured,contrived setting.
B)unstructured,contrived setting.
C)unstructured,uncontrived setting.
D)structured,uncontrived setting.
E)unstructured,undisguised setting.

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This is an unstructured, contrived setting because the researchers have not provided a specific script or set of tasks for the homemakers to complete, but they have contrived the situation by designing a model home and inviting the homemakers to attend. The presence of concealed tape recorders also adds an element of contrivance to the observation.

Researchers Invite a Group of Homemakers to a Specially Designed