You Finish a Research Project and Submit Your Findings to a Journal

question 68

Multiple Choice

You finish a research project and submit your findings to a journal for peer review.The reviewers decide that they do not think your experimental results were convincing enough to support or disprove your hypothesis.What is your next step?

• A) cry
• B) formulate a new hypothesis that better fits your data
• C) design and carry out more experiments to support or disprove your hypothesis
• D) reanalyze your data
• E) fix your results so they better fit your hypothesis

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Definitions:

Ego Defense

Psychological strategies employed by the ego to manage anxiety, protect self-esteem, and solve conflicts between the id, ego, and superego, as conceptualized in Freudian psychology.

Overgeneralization

The logical fallacy of applying a general rule too widely without sufficient evidence.

Participant Observation

A qualitative research method in sociology where the researcher immerses themselves in a group or community to observe and participate in their activities, in order to better understand their behaviors, beliefs, and interactions.

Rationalizations

The process of attempting to logically justify behaviors or attitudes with plausible but not always genuine reasons.