When Evaluating Psychological Research, It Is Important to Scrutinize Whether

question 45

Multiple Choice

When evaluating psychological research, it is important to scrutinize whether the collected data support or refute the original hypothesis. Which of the following errors is an experimenter most likely to make?

• A)Ignoring conflicting data and seeing only that which supports the hypothesis
• B)Being overly sensitive to conflicting data and refuting the hypothesis too quickly
• C)Being a sloppy researcher and missing supportive data
• D)Ignoring supportive data and seeing only that which refutes the hypothesis

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