The ethnographic interview is different from the sociological or psychological interview because the:
A) interviewer and the subject almost always speak different first languages.
B) ethnographic interview is much narrower in scope.
C) ethnographic interview always focuses on the experiences of a single individual.
D) ethnographic interview is typically used alone without other sources of data.
E) ethnographic interview involves large groups of people.

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The ethnographic interview often involves an interviewer and a subject who speak different first languages, reflecting the cross-cultural or cross-linguistic nature of ethnographic research. This is a key distinction from sociological or psychological interviews, which do not inherently involve cross-cultural or linguistic differences.

The Ethnographic Interview Is Different from the Sociological or Psychological