PT144.S3.Q18

PrepTest 144 - Section 3 - Question 18

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Summarize Argument

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.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is a judgment on anthropologist’s general valuing of field studies: “the usefulness of field studies tends to be overrated by anthropologists.”

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18.

Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████

a

Anthropologists tend to ████████████ ███ █████ ██ █████ ████████

b

In a field ██████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██████ ███ █████████ █████ ████████

c

Field studies have ████ █ ███████ ███████ ██ ███████████████ ████████ ███ █ ████ █████

d

Most anthropologists know ████ ████ ████ ████ ██████ █ █████████ █████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ █████████

e

Most anthropologists underestimate ███ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ████████████ ████████ ███ ██ █ █████████ █████ ████████

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