Margaret Mead's Fieldwork in Samoa Was Controversial in Part Because

question 52

Multiple Choice

Margaret Mead's fieldwork in Samoa was controversial in part because she examined sexual freedom, and considered sexual behavior to be a matter of ________.

• A) stratification
• B) enculturation
• C) unilineal culture evolution
• D) structural functionalism

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Definitions:

Equal-variances T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups, assuming that both groups have the same variance.

Normal Populations

Populations in which the distribution of data points follows a normal distribution curve, important in many statistical methods.

Population Means

The average of a set of numerical values from the entire population being studied.

Two Independent Samples

Refers to separate groups of data collected from different populations, where individuals in one sample have no relation to individuals in the other.