When anthropologists compare the polygyny of Mormon fundamentalists in Utah to Muslim tradition, which allows a man to have as many as four wives, they are doing what kind of analysis?

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Anthropologists are comparing cultural practices of two different ethnic groups, therefore the analysis is ethnological, which focuses on cross-cultural comparison. Holistic analysis considers all aspects of a culture, ethnographic focuses on the details of a specific culture, affinal refers to kinship (including marriage ties), and polygamous simply describes a cultural practice.

When Anthropologists Compare the Polygyny of Mormon Fundamentalists in Utah