Marjorie Is Conducting Research for a Speech About the Threat

question 45

Multiple Choice

Marjorie is conducting research for a speech about the threat that poaching poses to endangered species. She finds a newspaper article that summarizes a study Professor Moon of Temple University published in the magazine Nature. Professor Moon and his team's research showed that the population of gorillas in a wildlife sanctuary was declining at a rate of 20% per year during the 1990s, but that after strict new anti-poaching measures were enacted in 2000, the population began to increase at a rate of 5% a year. Before using this information in her speech, Marjorie should

• A) triangulate the data by checking for similar results in other studies.
• B) confirm that the newspaper has correctly cited the original article's publication information.
• C) locate and read the original article in Nature.
• D) check if Professor Moon is still connected with Temple University.

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