"Child-rearing practices of the Nacirema" is a topic that would be studied most typically by professionals from which discipline?
1. Law
2. Anthropology
3. Sociology
4. Nursing
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Rationale 1: Lawyers most typically use a case study approach, not the ethnographic approach described in this question.
Rationale 2: This statement reflects intent to collect and analyze data from a cultural group, which is characteristic of ethnographic studies, the long-standing research approach used by anthropologists to study people all over the world.
Rationale 3: Sociologists typically use the grounded theory approach, not the ethnographic approach described in this question.
Rationale 4: Although nursing uses many qualitative research approaches, nursing research is often action research focused on improving practice or on the effects of actions taken. Nurses are not as likely to use the approach in the question as are anthropologists.
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