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armygirl

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Why does Pirsig say, An experiment is never a failure solely because it fails to achieve predicted results?
 
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If your teacher says It is right because Ary, Jacobs, and Sorensen say so in your textbook what source of knowledge is he/she using?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A study is not a failure simply because one does not find support for the hypothesis. This means that there was not sufficient evidence to enable one to reject the null hypothesis. It can be a stimulus to further research on the question.

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The teacher would be using authority as a source of knowledge.


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Wow, this really help

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Excellent

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