According to McCurdy in "Using Anthropology," an Anthropologist Was Hired

question 29

Multiple Choice

According to McCurdy in "Using Anthropology," an anthropologist was hired to find out why customers of a utility company failed to reduce energy consumption,despite their claims that they were trying to conserve.He discovered that

• A) customers were lying.
• B) thermostats were faulty.
• C) meters were faulty.
• D) fathers turned down thermostats, other family members turned them up.

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