I'm happy to be a non-participant in the conversations
as modifiernon-participant observations of classroom teaching
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If it was upsetting to war veterans, last Sunday's barely-there official commemoration of VE day presumably satisfied one leading non-participant.
We collected data through non-participant observation and semistructured formal and informal interviews, supplemented where appropriate by documentary review of guidelines or practice protocols.
Celtic may be a non-participant in the World Cup, but their prospects could be distinctly altered by events on the other side of the globe.
At the conclusion of one of these eight or ten hour parties, the outside observer and non-participant might have the impression that the scene resembles an apocalyptic movie.
A party or witness or even a non-participant in the proceedings may refuse to disclose information, papers or answer questions even though such material may have a high degree of relevance and reliability.
Examples of non-participant research include the following: sitting by a conveyer belt on a factory floor observing the activities of the workers; studying the behavior of the audience at a rock concert; watching the interrogation of a suspect through a one-way mirror in a police station.
A fourth limitation is that of non-participant bias.
Maybe you can't stand the way one group member always talks over other people, or you're sick of one of your group members being a non-participant.
Specialized items are great gifts, but making the right choice can be difficult for the non-participant.
In the afternoon, the research panel and our research team (the authors) joined the group as non-participant observers.