When Early Anthropologists Tried to Test Their Hypotheses in a Series

question 54

Multiple Choice

When early anthropologists tried to test their hypotheses in a series of different cultural settings, in an attempt to approximate the laboratory conditions of a positivist scientist, they were employing

• A) Statistical sampling.
• B) The dialectic of fieldwork.
• C) The method of controlled comparison.
• D) None of the above.

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