useful methodology because

　　（A） life stories provide deeper insights into a culture

　　than the hypothesizing of academics who are not

　　members of that culture

　　（B） life stories can be collected easily and they are not

　　subject to invalid interpretations

　　（C） ethnologists have a limited number of research

　　methods from which to choose

　　（D） life stories make it easy to distinguish between the

　　important and unimportant features of a culture

　　（E） the collection of life stories does not require a

　　culturally knowledgeable investigator

　　4. Information in the passage suggests that which of

　　the following may be a possible way to eliminate

　　bias in the editing of life stories？

　　（A） Basing all inferences made about the culture

　　on an ethnological theory

　　（B） Eliminating all of the emotion-laden information

　　reported by the informant

　　（C） Translating the informant's words into the

　　researcher's language

　　（D） Reducing the number of questions and carefully

　　specifying the content of the questions that the

　　investigator can ask the informant

　　（E） Reporting all of the information that the informant

　　provides regardless of the investigator's personal

　　opinion about its intrinsic value

　　5. The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to

　　（A） question an explanation

　　（B） correct a misconception

　　（C） critique a methodology

　　（D） discredit an idea

　　（E） clarify an ambiguity

　　6. It can be inferred from the passage that a characteristic

　　of the ethnological research on Native Americans

　　conducted during the nineteenth century was the use

　　of which of the following？

　　（A） Investigators familiar with the culture under study

　　（B） A language other than the informant's for recording

　　life stories

　　（C） Life stories as the ethnologist's primary source of

　　information

　　（D） Complete transcriptions of informants' descriptions

　　of tribal beliefs

　　（E） Stringent guidelines for the preservation of cultural

　　data