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Participant Observation (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on participant observation, covering Bronislaw Malinowski's fieldwork and the method's development in anthropology. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participant_observation
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community-edited tertiary reference, used here for the uncontested history of the method, not a matter of interpretation.
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)

This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Concepts, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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