A Researcher Makes a Claim and Then Runs an Experiment

question 1

Multiple Choice

A researcher makes a claim and then runs an experiment to test the claim.The researcher gets results that are very unexpected and definitely outside of the limits of the claim.The researcher should:

• A) disregard the lucky alternative and think is the original claim may be wrong.
• B) not doubt the original claim.
• C) decide there is no evidence to suggest the claim is false.
• D) test the claim again.

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