A group of researchers wanted to investigate allegations of sexual harassment on a company's assembly line.They wanted their observations to be unobtrusive, so they took jobs working on the assembly line and told their fellow employees they were "new hires." In this case the researchers were using:

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The researchers were using participant observation as a method of research, as they immersed themselves in the environment they wanted to study (the assembly line) and observed it from within, without alerting the other workers to their true purpose. This method allowed them to gather data in a more natural and unobtrusive way.

A Group of Researchers Wanted to Investigate Allegations of Sexual