In the study conducted by Scandinavian researchers to observe a family meal in rural India, the researchers misunderstood what they had observed because
A) the back-translation from Hindi was poor.
B) the dinner they observed was put on by trained actors.
C) the researchers failed to use quantitative measures.
D) the researchers forgot to bring a video camera and suffered from memory biases.
E) they did not know that the practice of having family meals does not occur in that part of India.

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The researchers misunderstood what they had observed because they were not aware that the practice of having family meals is not common in that part of India, leading to incorrect assumptions or interpretations of the observed behavior.

In the Study Conducted by Scandinavian Researchers to Observe a Family