What Was One of the Ways That Franz Boas Brought

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Multiple Choice

What was one of the ways that Franz Boas brought about the end of the evolutionism period in early anthropology?

• A) He was strongly opposed to "race" theory, and emphasized the importance of cultural context.
• B) He disagreed with the dependence on fieldwork and encouraged more theoretical research.
• C) Boas was the first to consider adaptation to environmental conditions as a major factor for cultural traits.
• D) Boas was the only anthropologist to work with subjects from developing nations.

Understand the conditions for using the t-distribution and calculate degrees of freedom in hypothesis testing.

Understand the concept and application of matched and independent samples in hypothesis testing.

Calculate and interpret the point estimates and margins of error in inferential statistics.

Understand and apply the concept of pooled variance and its relevance in statistical analysis.

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