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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13642)
The correct answer choice is (C)
To respond to this Concept Reference question, it is helpful to know the structure of the passage. This question refers to the third paragraph, in which the author provides that most others at the time believed a detached perspective was preferable for the researcher, but despite that fact Dunham chose to immerse herself in the dancing itself.
Answer choice (A): The author does not make this comparison or provide any information about the time period that most others would have spent.
Answer choice (B): The passage does not mention whether most others at the time did this, so this is not the point of distinction referred to by this question.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, Dunham participated in the dances that she researched. This choice passes the Fact Test, confirming it to be the right answer to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (D): The passage does not mention whether or not Dunham attached political significance to her work, nor whether other social scientists of the time did, so this is not the right answer choice.
Answer choice (E): The author provides no basis for the claim that most other anthropologists didn’t have such prior familiarity, and this is not the distinction referred to by this question.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13642)
The correct answer choice is (C)
To respond to this Concept Reference question, it is helpful to know the structure of the passage. This question refers to the third paragraph, in which the author provides that most others at the time believed a detached perspective was preferable for the researcher, but despite that fact Dunham chose to immerse herself in the dancing itself.
Answer choice (A): The author does not make this comparison or provide any information about the time period that most others would have spent.
Answer choice (B): The passage does not mention whether most others at the time did this, so this is not the point of distinction referred to by this question.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, Dunham participated in the dances that she researched. This choice passes the Fact Test, confirming it to be the right answer to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (D): The passage does not mention whether or not Dunham attached political significance to her work, nor whether other social scientists of the time did, so this is not the right answer choice.
Answer choice (E): The author provides no basis for the claim that most other anthropologists didn’t have such prior familiarity, and this is not the distinction referred to by this question.