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We read Martin Trow's "Comment"1 on our "Participant Observation and Interviewing: A Comparison"2 with interest and profit. An unfortunate ambiguity in key terms led Trow to misinterpret our position radically. We would like to clear up the confusion briefly and also to discuss a few interesting questions raised in his argument.
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