A local hospital wanted to assess the way its patients were being treated. The hospital hired several researchers to act as patients and record the way hospital personnel handled the admitting and preliminary evaluation procedures. In this example, the researchers hired by the hospital were engaged in

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The researchers hired by the hospital were practicing naturalistic observation by observing and recording how hospital personnel were behaving in their natural setting without interfering or manipulating anything.

A Local Hospital Wanted to Assess the Way Its Patients