Thomas Writes a Research Report About His Fieldwork with Foster-Care

question 49

Multiple Choice

Thomas writes a research report about his fieldwork with foster-care families.His research was about the families themselves,but he develops views and opinions about how policy in this area could improve.He

• A)keeps these views out of the research report,because they are too subjective for a scientific research report.
• B)rewrites his research question to be about policy and reinterprets data in that light.
• C)includes policy recommendations in the discussion section of the research report.
• D)searches for scholarly literature that supports his point of view and adds it to the literature review.

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Definitions:

Chromosome

A long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.

Polygenic Inheritance

The inheritance of traits controlled by two or more genes, resulting in a wide range of phenotypes for certain characteristics.

Independent Pairs

A concept in statistics referring to pairs of observations that are not influenced by any of the other pairs in a data set.

Additive Effects

The combined impact of different genes on a phenotype, where the total effect is the sum of individual gene effects.