A cross-cultural study compared all 300 residents of a remote African village to 300 volunteers from Chicago.What is the MAIN weakness in this research?

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A cross-cultural study compared all 300 residents of a remote African village to 300 volunteers from Chicago.What is the MAIN weakness in this research?​

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The types of samples are not comparable. A remote African village and volunteers from a big American city are not comparable groups from different cultural backgrounds. This can affect the results of the study and generalizability of the findings to other populations. Additionally, the fact that the sample sizes are equal does not necessarily make them comparable.

A Cross-Cultural Study Compared All 300 Residents of a Remote