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Anthropologists overrate the usefulness of field studies because, in the context of a field study, they underestimate how much their presence influences the community they’re studying.
The conclusion is a judgment on anthropologist’s general valuing of field studies: “the usefulness of field studies tends to be overrated by anthropologists.”
Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████
Anthropologists tend to ████████████ ███ █████ ██ █████ ████████
This rephrases the conclusion.
In a field ██████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██████ ███ █████████ █████ ████████
This is context. It explains what a field study is, which is a key concept in the overall argument.
Field studies have ████ █ ███████ ███████ ██ ███████████████ ████████ ███ █ ████ █████
This is context. It informs the relationship between field studies and anthropological research.
Most anthropologists know ████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ █ █████████ █████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ █████████
This is a concession. The author is acknowledging that anthropologist’s aren’t entirely ignorant of this effect.
Most anthropologists underestimate ███ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ████████████ ████████ ███ ██ █ █████████ █████ ████████
This is a premise. It supports the conclusion that the usefulness of field studies is overrated by anthropologists.
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