How Would You Explain to Your Friend, Who Knows Nothing

question 22

Essay

How would you explain to your friend, who knows nothing about astronomy, the way to predict the next eclipse of the Sun?

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Definitions:

Archival Research

A research method that involves the acquisition and analysis (or reanalysis) of existing information collected by others.

High Cost

Refers to situations where the expense, either emotional, financial, or time-related, is considered to be significant or excessive.

Causal Hypothesis

A statement predicting a cause-and-effect relationship between two or more variables.

Dependent Variable

In experimental research, it is the variable being tested and measured, expected to change as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.