A Sociological Study and an Anthropological Study Differ with Regard

question 10

Multiple Choice

A sociological study and an anthropological study differ with regard to how often people in a Peruvian village share work on one another's plots of land.What would most likely account for this difference?

• A) The sociologist had no training in cross-cultural analysis.
• B) The people in the village lied to the sociologist.
• C) The anthropologist lived in the village for a year,whereas the sociologist relied on a single questionnaire survey.
• D) Sociologists and anthropologists collect different kinds of information.

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Definitions:

Correlation

A numerical indicator showing the degree to which two variables move in relation, without suggesting a cause-and-effect relationship.

p < .05

Refers to a statistical threshold indicating that the likelihood of the observed data occurring by chance is less than 5%, commonly used to infer significance in research findings.

Statistically Significant

A determination that a result from data analysis is not likely to have occurred by chance, suggesting a real effect or difference in the population sampled.

Investigator

A person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation to discover and examine facts to establish the truth.