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cartlidgeashley

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After you propose your dissertation experimental design to your advisor, she states that it is a very simple design. Given Occam's razor, how would you interpret this comment?
 
  a) Positively, given the principle of parsimon
 b) Positively, given your resources to conduct the experiment
 c) Negatively, complex designs are preferable over simple designs.
 d) Negatively, simple designs rarely yield significant results.

Question 2

Research ideas that appear to come from a blind flash of genius are called
 
  a) inspiration
 b) serendipity.
 c) systematic.
 d) lucky.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

A



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