PROOF-CRITICS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING OBJECTIVELY WHETHER THE FINDINGS OF PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION ARE ACTUALLY TRUE OR NOT, SINCE THERE IS NO POSSIBLITY OF REPLICATING RESEARCH.
THE RESULTS MAY LACK RELIABILITY.
TOO SPECIFIC-PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION IS USUALLY USED TO STUDY SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TYPICAL OF THE WIDER POPULATION.
IT IS THEREFORE DIFFICULT TO CLAIM THAT THE FINDINGS CAN BE GENERALISED ACROSS THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE.
STUDYING THE POWERLESS-ALMOST ALL PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES ARE CONCERNED WITH THE LEAST POWERFUL GROUPS IN SOCIETY-TYPICALLY GROUPS OF YOUNG MALES OR FEMALES WHO ENGAGE IN DEVIANT ACTIVITIES.
SOME CRITICS ARGUE THAT INFORMATION OBTAINED DOES NOT HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES IN SOCIETY.
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