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stevenposner

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The _____ section of a research report gives credit to the original sources of the ideas for the research and indicates where the original ideas were published.
 
  a. introduction c. discussion
  b. method d. references

Question 2

In a research report such as a journal article, authors are listed in order according to _____.
 
  a. the alphabet
  b. the point at which they contributed in time
  c. the amount they contributed, with the major author listed first
  d. the amount they contributed, with the major author listed last



kardosa007

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Answer to Question 1

D
One function of the references section is to give credit to previous researchers for their ideas or methods that were used in a research project.

Answer to Question 2

C
Authors of an article are listed with the first author being the person who made the largest contribution to the research.



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