As part of her consulting work for a hardware development company, a computer scientist attended meetings of the team developing a new tablet computer and used her expertise to contribute to its design. She also observed and recorded the group members' interactions for a study that she was conducting. The other group members knew about her research goals and procedure. The researcher was conducting a(n) ________ study.
A) complete participant observation
B) observer as participant
C) participant as observer
D) nonparticipant observation

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The researcher was actively involved in the group's activities and contributed to the tablet's design while also conducting her study. This makes her a participant in the group's activities, but her primary role and identity were that of a researcher observing the group, hence "participant as observer."

As Part of Her Consulting Work for a Hardware Development