Question 1

Why is a random sample of the sampling universe so important in statistical surveys?

Accepted Answer

A random sample of the sampling universe

Question 2

Theories become useful because

Accepted Answer

A)  they explain laws and statistical associations. 
B)  there would be no evidence without them. 
C)  they sound authoritative. 
D)  they are written in ways that allow the layperson to understand. 
A)  they explain laws and statistical associations. 
B)  there would be no evidence without them. 
C)  they sound authoritative. 
D)  they are written in ways that allow the layperson to understand.

Question 3

Theories are

Accepted Answer

A)  ideas which explain untested hypotheses. 
B)  explanations of laws and statistical associations. 
C)  a guess as to how things are related. 
D)  a precise answer to a question that had been unanswerable. 
A)  ideas which explain untested hypotheses. 
B)  explanations of laws and statistical associations. 
C)  a guess as to how things are related. 
D)  a precise answer to a question that had been unanswerable.

Question 4

The major difference between relative dating and absolute dating methods is

Accepted Answer

A)  relative dating is usually wrong while absolute dating is always right. 
B)  relative dating is always right while absolute dating is usually wrong. 
C)  relative dating compares the age of an artifact with things around it while absolute dating depends on the decay of a radioactive isotope. 
D)  relative dating depends on the decay of a radioactive isotope while absolute dating compares the age of an artifact with things around it. 
A)  relative dating is usually wrong while absolute dating is always right. 
B)  relative dating is always right while absolute dating is usually wrong. 
C)  relative dating compares the age of an artifact with things around it while absolute dating depends on the decay of a radioactive isotope. 
D)  relative dating depends on the decay of a radioactive isotope while absolute dating compares the age of an artifact with things around it.

Why is a random sample of the sampling universe so important in statistical surveys?

Theories become useful because

Theories are

The major difference between relative dating and absolute dating methods is

What Is Anthropology

History of Anthropological Theory

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

The First Hominids

The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

Sex, Gender, and Culture

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

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Exam 3: Research Methods in Anthropology

Why is a random sample of the sampling universe so important in statistical surveys?

Theories become useful because

Theories are

The major difference between relative dating and absolute dating methods is

What Is Anthropology

History of Anthropological Theory

Genetics and Evolution

Human Variation and Adaptation

The Living Primates

Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

The First Hominids

The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

The Upper Paleolithic World

Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Origins of Cities and States

Culture and Culture Change

Communication and Language

Getting Food

Economic Systems

Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Culture and the Individual

Sex, Gender, and Culture

Marriage and the Family

Marital Residence and Kinship

Associations and Interest Groups

Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Religion and Magic

The Arts

Applied, Practicing, and Medical Anthropology

Global Problems

Filters