Logical Reasoning

PT144 · S3 · Q18 Field studies, which have long

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Field studies, which have long been a staple of anthropological research, involve the researcher living within the community being studied.

Opposing Evidence

Most anthropologists do realize that living within the community one is studying affects the community.

Evidence

Field studies, which have long been a staple of anthropological research, involve the researcher living within the community being studied.

Most anthropologists generally underestimate the extent that their presence affects the community they are studying.

Conclusion

The usefulness of field studies tends to be overrated by anthropologists.

18.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion drawn in the argument?

  1. Correct

    Anthropologists tend to overestimate the

    Why this is right

    This best paraphrases the argument’s main point.

    Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    83% picked this

  2. In a field study, the

    Evidence

    This is a premise in the argument.

    0% picked this

  3. Field studies have been a

    Evidence

    This is a premise in the argument.

    0% picked this

  4. Most anthropologists know that when

    Opposing Point

    This is evidence against the argument’s main point, but which the author views to be too weak to disprove the conclusion.

    1% picked this

  5. Most anthropologists underestimate how much

    Evidence

    This is a premise in the argument.

    16% picked this

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