Author Question: The textbook discusses using prior research findings in an effort to generate ideas for future ... (Read 41 times)

student77 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

The textbook discusses using prior research findings in an effort to generate ideas for future research. In terms of science, what is the most typical use of such findings?

a. Researchers will often replicate previous studies exactly to ensure accuracy.
b. Researchers will often replicate part of an earlier study and add new variables to
study.
c. Researchers will often ignore earlier research and design new studies that are entirely
different from previous research.
d. Researchers will often accuse other researchers of unethical behavior and question the
truthfulness and validity of their results.

Question 2

In relation to using everyday experience and knowledge in deriving ideas for research, __________ is defined as scanning the contents of memory for different categories of knowledge.

a. empiricism
b. brainstorming
c. intuition
d. hypothesizing