To Answer a Research Question, One Must Accomplish Each of the Following

question 79

Multiple Choice

To answer a research question, one must accomplish each of the following tasks, EXCEPT:

• A) make sure groups are similar on variables that may provide alternate explanations.
• B) determine that an experiment is the only appropriate way to examine the hypothesis.
• C) test the hypothesis.
• D) make sure the manipulation was effective.

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Definitions:

Pollution Abatement

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Marginal Utility

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Sellers

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