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How to Build Trust With Participants
Not talking too much. Noticing things, asking questions about things that you see. That in rural areas can be very, very significant source of understanding. And it's this curiosity that you mentioned, showing an interest and then relating what comes out. Did you experience distrust from your participants sometimes or confusion about why you were asking them so many private questions? Well, no, not much. If you start any inquiry by explaining all that and why you're doing it and what you're going to get out of it,. It helps a great deal. Otherwise people, and I've had this, are suspicious. He's doing it because he's doing a PhD. He's not really interested.