Sara wanted to learn about battered women. She entered the world of a battered women's shelter and lived with the women in order to fully learn about the views of these women. She wanted to write a detailed and accurate description about the lives that the women reported. Which of the following approaches best describes Sara's research paradigm?
A)Naturalist
B)Ethnomethodology
C)Grounded theory
D)Institutional ethnography
E)Participatory action research

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Sara's approach of immersing herself in the world of battered women's shelter and living with them to learn about their views aligns with the naturalist paradigm, which emphasizes understanding social phenomena by studying them in their natural setting. This approach involves experiencing the social world as it occurs in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon being studied.

Sara Wanted to Learn About Battered Women