In the Study Conducted by Scandinavian Researchers to Observe a Family

question 20

Multiple Choice

In the study conducted by Scandinavian researchers to observe a family meal in rural India, the researchers misunderstood what they had observed because

• A) the back-translation from Hindi was poor.
• B) the dinner they observed was put on by trained actors.
• C) the researchers failed to use quantitative measures.
• D) the researchers forgot to bring a video camera and suffered from memory biases.
• E) they did not know that the practice of having family meals does not occur in that part of India.

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