The primary difference between a village head and a "big man" is that
A. a big man has supporters in multiple villages.
B. a big man can enforce his decisions.
C. village head is a permanent political office, while big man is a temporary position.
D. a big man's high status is ascribed, while a village head's high status is achieved.
E. a village head is a band leader, while a big man is a tribal leader.
Answer: A
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A) both groups of children had high rates of genetic abnormalities B) the incestuous group had much higher rates of genetic abnormalities than the non-incestuous group C) the non-incestuous group had much higher rates of genetic abnormalities than the incestuous group D) neither group of children had high rates of genetic abnormalities
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a. otherwise the samples would be biased, with certain parts of the sample over- or under-represented, and therefore the final results would be biased. b. random sampling provides the only way for archaeologists to collect meaningful negative evidence. c. random sampling allows statistical analysis. d. a biased sampling design will never allow archaeologists to know if results are meaningful e. random sampling allows some sites to be overrepresented and others to be underrepresented in the sample
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