A Group of Researchers Used an Electronically Activated Recorder to Track

question 148

Multiple Choice

A group of researchers used an electronically activated recorder to track people's conversations,counting the number of words spoken in a day by women and men.In
Determining whether women talk more than men,these researchers used the recorder during
Which step in the scientific method?

• A) gathering evidence to test the hypothesis
• B) theory building
• C) defining the problem
• D) proposing a hypothesis

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