The passage suggests that the "peers" mentioned in line 22 would have been most likely to agree with which one of the...

Ravi on June 15, 2019

@Bryan,

Happy to help. Let's take a look at (C) and (E).

(E) says, "Dance forms are too variable across cultures to permit
rigorous means of data collection."

The problem with (E) is that we know the peers mentioned in line 22
did not believe that dance was a topic of intense scientific rigor.
However, whether or not dance isn't a subject of scientific rigor
because of there being a problem in collecting data (or some other
sort of problem) is not discussed in the passage, so we can get rid of
(E).

(C) says, "Research into dance as a cultural form cannot be conducted
with a high degree of scientific precision."

We see in the peers in line 22 have a relatively negative attitude, as
their belief is that dance wasn't worth studying and was not
scientifically rigorous. (C) touches upon this well, so it's the
correct answer choice.

Does this answer your question? Let us know if you'd like any more
clarification!

JohnStuckert on May 30, 2021

My issue is still with the term "Precision". It seems like a bit of a jump to go from lacking scientific rigor befitting a social scientist to lacking "precision". I see its the "most" right answer but it just doesn't feel right

amoli078@fiu.edu on November 2 at 05:26PM

what about B?

Emil-Kunkin on November 12 at 06:27PM

The passage tells us that the peers in question prefer the rigorous scientific method when possible. The passage later tells us around line 35 that the prevailing method of scientific rigor was to collect data with detachment from the subject. So, those peers would have had to believe that data collection did not necessitate deep immersion in the tradition in question.

I don't see any support for the idea that other social scientists think that dance experts are too preoccupied to conduct ethnology.