What Is the Primary Reason That a Fieldworker Should Slow

question 36

Multiple Choice

What is the primary reason that a fieldworker should slow down and not proceed so quickly in the work?

• A) At the beginning most fieldworkers do not know enough to ask productive questions. They must first learn about the community.
• B) Fieldworkers should not work quickly because this is usually interpreted as being impatient and rude.
• C) Small, local villagers are often very busy with their own lives and cannot work around the anthropologist's schedule.
• D) Work that is completed quickly does not take into account the changes that occur over a long period of fieldwork.
• E) Anthropologists must remain in the field for at least one year and should not hurry to finish the work sooner.

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue

The additional income gained from selling one more unit of a product or service.

Output

The total amount of goods and services produced by an individual, firm, industry, or economy within a certain period.

Price

The amount of money exchanged for a unit of a good or service.

Short Run

This refers to a period in which at least one input or resource is fixed, while others can be varied to adjust output.