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Why Does the British Navigator Captain Cook Receive Credit for "Discovering

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Why does the British navigator Captain Cook receive credit for "discovering" many Pacific islands,rather than the Polynesian peoples he found on them?


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Confounding Variable

An outside influence that changes the effect of a dependent and independent variable being examined in an experimental study, potentially skewing results.

Problems

Issues, obstacles, or challenges that need to be dealt with or overcome.

Study

The act of dedicating time and attention to gaining knowledge on a subject through reading, practice, or observation.

Correlations

statistical measures that describe the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together, indicating a relationship between them but not causation.

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