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Are there some projects that are better suited to ethnographic research methods than others? If so, give an example and explain why. If not, why not?

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Which of the following is the defining methodology of the discipline of anthropology?


A) Fieldnotes
B) Fieldwork
C) Observation
D) Interviews

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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A critical reason for taking fieldnotes is that there may be a long lag time between fieldwork and writing and publishing about it.

A) True
B) False

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If you wanted to study patterns of kin relations in a community, which method would you use?


A) Comparative method
B) Genealogical method
C) Ethnohistory
D) Participant observation

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Anthropologists do not consider unstructured, casual conversations to be data.

A) True
B) False

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Which method would be best when doing a study on the genetic propensity for cancer in a given population?


A) Ethnohistory
B) Ethnoscience
C) Comparative method
D) Genealogical method

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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