the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Culture and identity, Sociological research.
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Descriptive anthropology
the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
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a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Culture and identity.arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Qualitative methods.conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Culture and identity.expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the numerical superiority of the enemy"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of def…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Sociological research.batch together; assemble or process as a batch
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Qualitative methods.classify or group
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Qualitative methods.
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The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of anci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological indivi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, anthropology, provides, scientific, description.
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