Science Is Beginning to Consider That Instability and Fluctuations Are

question 27

Multiple Choice

Science is beginning to consider that instability and fluctuations are:

• A) chaotic and unpredictable.
• B) confounding variables that make the results of experiments difficult to interpret.
• C) a part of nature.
• D) to be avoided when studying behavior.

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