Scientists Sometimes Conduct Research That Is Designed to Find Limiting

question 38

Multiple Choice

Scientists sometimes conduct research that is designed to find limiting conditions of previous research or to explain conflicting findings in previous research. In general, this approach to doing research

• A) limits the amount of knowledge that the research can produce.
• B) will be less informative than developing ideas on the basis of the scientist's well-validated intuition.
• C) contributes to the accumulation of scientific knowledge.
• D) tends to produce difficulties for scientists who wish to replicate the study.

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