What Is One Limitation of the Ethnographic Method

question 32

Multiple Choice

What is one limitation of the ethnographic method?

• A) Investigators' cultural values sometimes lead them to misinterpret what they see.
• B) It provides little information on how children and adults actually behave.
• C) It relies on unobtrusive techniques, such as surveillance cameras and one-way mirrors.
• D) It provides little information about the reasoning behind participants' responses.

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Definitions:

Diminishing Marginal Returns

is an economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, begins to decrease.

Variable Resource

A resource whose quantity can change in the short run to increase or decrease production levels.

Fixed Resource

A resource whose quantity cannot easily be changed in the short term, such as land, buildings, or equipment.

Accounting Profit

The difference between total revenue and total explicit costs, not accounting for implicit costs, according to traditional accounting methods.