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Tearoom Trade is typical of the s asked by sociologists because_______________?

Correct answer: C. it investigates workings of society that are different from official accounts

  • A. it takes place outside the university campus
  • B. it makes use of covert research methods
  • C. it investigates workings of society that are different from official accounts
  • D. the investigator is sympathetic to the activities that he is investigating

Explanation

Humphreys’s Tearoom Trade examined a hidden form of social interaction that differed from conventional or official accounts of public behaviour. Although it also used covert observation, the option about revealing the actual workings of society best explains its sociological significance.

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