If an ethnographer were to do a study of changes that have occurred in the practices of Buddhism over the last 100 years, it would be what type of study?
a. Relativistic
b. ?Assimilative
c. Synchronic
d. Diachronic
ANSWER:
d
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. growing b. shortest c. longest d. social
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