List the two main characteristics of a good research idea:
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
Late one night while flipping through the latest issue of Bad Science, you read a report from a
researcher claiming he has proved that watching television causes attention-deficit disorder in
children.
He based his claim on data showing a significant positive correlation between the
number of hours children watch TV and scores on an attention-deficit survey. What is your
assessment of his claim?
A) Because the correlation was positive, his claim that TV causes attention-deficit disorder is
valid
B) He might have shown a relationship between TV and attention-deficit disorder, but he
cannot say one caused the other
C) Because the correlation was significant, his claim that TV causes attention-deficit disorder
is valid
D) You know darn well I don't read science magazines late at night, or any time for that
matter
Some organisms used as models in genetic research
An example of a selection list used to identify symptoms.
Testing the Chemical Characteristics of Urine with Reagent Strips
Are good deeds selfish?
Estimates of the dates of origin and extinction of the three main groups of hominins (green, blue, a
Main body cavities that hold human organs