"Kirstin is working on a production line at a cosmetics factory as a summer job. She decides to observe the 'line' as a social group and in particular how her colleagues 'cover' for each other so they can take extra breaks. She decides not to tell her colleagues what she is doing." Which researcher role is Kirstin taking?
A) Researcher as participant
B) Complete participant
C) Participant as researcher
D) Structured observer

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Kirstin is taking the role of a complete participant because she is fully participating in the group without informing them of her research intentions, thus observing the group covertly.

"Kirstin Is Working on a Production Line at a Cosmetics