After Mateo, a student in your class, reads a series of ...

[jrubin]

After Mateo, a student in your class, reads a series of scientific articles discussing the value of multiple vitamin supplements in preventing heart disease, he approaches you and remarks, I'm confused. If all of these scientists are studying the same issue and they are all using the scientific method, why aren't they all coming to the same conclusions? Your response should emphasize that
 
  a. not all scientists adhere to the scientific method.
  b. one of the articles is obviously biased.
  c. scientists differ in the ways in which they select and interpret data.
  d. many scientists intentionally alter their data because of their own preconceived ideas.

Question 2

Professor Wise, a faculty member in an educational psychology department at a major university, is telling a colleague from the physics department why research on education is difficult to do. Which of the following arguments is he most likely to make?
 
  a. Many factors affect educational processes and outcomes.
  b. Conducting educational research is prohibitively expensive.
  c. Education is an art that cannot be studied scientifically.
  d. There is no consensus on the meaning of education.

[okolip]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A