Which of the Following Is an Example of Basic Research

question 112

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of basic research?

• A)Conducting animal tests to determine if a product contains irritants
• B)Soft drink bottlers testing consumer reactions to their advertisements
• C)A statistician calculating the odds of winning a promotional sweepstakes that a company is running
• D)A catalog sales company timing its operators to see how many calls each is handling per day
• E)A chemist building a mathematical model of the atmosphere of Jupiter

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Anti-

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