Anthropologists Suspend Cultural Relativism When Studying the Practices Of

question 64

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists suspend cultural relativism when studying the practices of:

• A) the Dani who cut off a finger from the hand of any close female relative of a man who dies.
• B) the Kikuyu custom of female circumcision.
• C) the Inuit custom of leaving the aged out in the cold to die.
• D) the Bannock-Shoshoni who commit crimes on the reservation.
• E) Anthropologists do not suspend the practice of cultural relativism in their work.

---

Definitions:

P-value

The probability of obtaining a statistical summary (e.g., the difference in means) at least as extreme as the one observed in a study assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Two-sided Significance Tests

Statistical tests that assess the significance of an effect in either direction, allowing for the evaluation of both positive and negative differences.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or relationship exists between certain parameters or distributions.

SRS

Simple Random Sample, a basic sampling technique in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being included in the sample.