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Procedures That Allow Researchers to Rule Out Certain Explanations for Results

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Procedures that allow researchers to rule out certain explanations for results other than the hypotheses they wish to test are referred to as __________ procedures.


Definitions:

Evolution

The sequence through which a variety of living organisms are conjectured to have developed and branched from their early forms over the Earth's historical span.

Malaria

A life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, characterized by fever, chills, and flu-like illness.

HbS Allele

A variant of the human hemoglobin gene associated with sickle cell disease, resulting from a single nucleotide substitution that alters the hemoglobin's structure.

Selection

In evolutionary biology, a process by which certain traits become more or less common in a population due to the differential reproductive success of organisms with those traits.

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