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Non-participant Observation

Non-participant observation is a data-collection method in which the researcher observes behavior, interactions, or events in a natural or structured setting without joining or influencing the activity under study. The observer maintains a deliberate distance from participants to minimize their own effect on the phenomena being recorded, producing field notes, behavioral tallies, or recordings that reflect naturally occurring behavior rather than behavior shaped by researcher involvement.

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Non-participant Observational Research

Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / survey-methodology

Gold, R. L. (1958). Roles in sociological field observations. Social Forces, 36(3), 217–223. · DOI 10.2307/2573808
Angrosino, M. (2007). Doing Ethnographic and Observational Research. Sage. · ISBN 978-0761949800

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