This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: A scientist can subtly influence the outcome of an experiment by making biased decisions about: ... (Read 129 times)

cool

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 570
on: Jun 20, 2018
A scientist can subtly influence the outcome of an experiment by making biased decisions about:
 
  a. unintended variations in the experiment that tend to favor the hypothesis
  b. whether to accept or discard a participant's data
  c. conducting unplanned ad hoc analyses
  d. all of these

Question 2

As a suggestion to improve research, Barber advises that it is important for students to learn that:
 
  a. one study is sufficient and that replication has limited value.
  b. good research methods are invaluable in answering questions.
  c. science requires flexibility and therefore the steps of the scientific method are too restrictive.
  d. finding significant results is the real purpose of conducting science.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

miss.ashley

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 371
Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


cool

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 570
Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thank you!


miss.ashley

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 371
Reply #3 on: Jun 20, 2018
Happy to help


« previous next »
 

Did you know?

About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.

Did you know?

Although puberty usually occurs in the early teenage years, the world's youngest parents were two Chinese children who had their first baby when they were 8 and 9 years of age.

Did you know?

Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%

Did you know?

The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.

Did you know?

Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.

Noll's DNase-I digestion experiment, which verified the beads-on-a-string model of DNA compacti Noll's DNase-I digestion experiment, which verified the beads-on-a-string model of DNA compacti
The Meselson-Stahl Experiment The Meselson-Stahl Experiment
Messelson-Stahl Experiment Messelson-Stahl Experiment
Rotating Furnace for Making Parabolic Telescope Mirrors Rotating Furnace for Making Parabolic Telescope Mirrors
The Making of Black Harlem The Making of Black Harlem
Cultural food preferences often influence food choices. Cultural food preferences often influence food choices.
Video: Major Elements in Biological Molecules: Lipids

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library