The way to ensure that a sample is representative of the population being studied is to try to incorporate as many members of the population as possible.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2Which one of the following statements is not a type of ethnocentrism?
a. People believe so deeply in their culture's ways that they have no framework for thinking about othercultures.
b. Outsiders deem a culture so offensive that they believe it must be destroyed.
c. A cultural practice is considered in light of its own cultural context.
d. A foreign culture is perceived as the standard for judging the worth of a home culture.
Question 3Representative samples have strong advantages over many other forms of sampling in allowing researchers to generalize their findings to larger populations of people they are studying.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4An individual who adopts cultural relativism aims to a cultural practice.
a. accept uncritically
b. understand
c. condone
d. discredit
Question 5Participant observers attempt to get to know as much as possible about all members of the group being studied.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6The view that any aspect of culture must be assessed in the context of the society in which it is found is called
a. cultural borrowing.
b. cultural genocide.
c. cultural relativism.
d. ethnocentrism.
Question 7Internet researchers do not need to follow the same guidelines for protecting human subjects because everything is virtual.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false