When a researcher is representing a setting with the participants' terms, she is taking the:
A) Progressive focus
B) Participant focus
C) Emic focus
D) Etic focus
E) Qualitative focus

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Representing a setting with the participants' terms is known as taking an emic focus in qualitative research, which seeks to understand phenomena from the perspective of the participants themselves, rather than imposing external or observer-based frameworks (etic focus).

When a Researcher Is Representing a Setting with the Participants