A Researcher Who Was Commissioned to Write a Report by an Organization

question 35

Multiple Choice

A researcher who was commissioned to write a report by an organization now feels pressure to produce a final report that meets the funding organization's expectations. This is an example of the ______.

• A) constructivist paradigm
• B) social science as public philosophy
• C) hired gun problem
• D) participatory action research

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Definitions:

Bilateral Contract

A contract involving mutual obligations, where each party is both a promisor and a promisee.

Unilateral Contract

A contract in which one party makes a promise in exchange for the other party's performance of a specific task, rather than a promise in return.

Statute of Limitations

A law that sets the maximum time after an event within which legal proceedings may be initiated.

Incompetent

Lacking the necessary ability, legal qualification, or fitness to manage one's own affairs or to handle a particular task or situation.