One Way That Anthropologists Make an Effort to Protect Informants

question 53

Multiple Choice

One way that anthropologists make an effort to protect informants' anonymity is by:

• A) anonymizing names in publications, but continuing to use subjects' real names in research notes.
• B) using the real names of communities, but not those of the people living there.
• C) altering details when writing about sensitive topics within a community.
• D) referring to individuals in both research notes and publications using secret codes.

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