What Is the Primary Purpose of an Ethnologist's Fieldwork

question 24

Multiple Choice

What is the primary purpose of an ethnologist's fieldwork?

• A) It provides the data needed to describe the typical behavior and thought of a group of people.
• B) It allows researchers to become more sympathetic to their research subjects' concerns.
• C) Fieldwork is a training period to prepare ethnologists for jobs as professors.
• D) It is a rite of passage for anthropologists, as it is a traditional component of anthropological work.

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