A researcher utilizes an emic approach in a research study to
A) gather data about lived experiences of individuals.
B) understand behaviors from within a culture.
C) examine individual human behavior according to personal biases.
D) use techniques such as bracketing and intuiting.

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The emic approach involves studying behaviors from within a culture.Phenomenological research attempts to capture the "lived experience" of study participants.The etic perspective studies behaviors from outside the culture and examines similarities and differences across cultures.The ethnographic approach looks at groups,not individual behaviors.Bracketing and intuiting are techniques used rather than the focus of a study.

A Researcher Utilizes an Emic Approach in a Research Study