According to Brym and Lie,access to Large Research Grants,well-Paying Jobs,expensive

question 33

Multiple Choice

According to Brym and Lie,access to large research grants,well-paying jobs,expensive state-of-the-art equipment,and the possibility of winning patents and achieving commercial success:

• A)make scientific research less complicated now than it was just a decade ago
• B)have little or no effect of the kind of research that scientists do
• C)help to define the kind of research that scientists do
• D)are far less important than individual interests,personal creativity,and the state of a field's intellectual development in defining the kind of research that scientists do

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Definitions:

CCA Class

A classification in Canadian tax law, standing for Capital Cost Allowance, that determines the depreciation rate for various types of property for tax purposes.

Fixed Assets

Long-term tangible assets that are used in the operations of a business and are not expected to be consumed or converted into cash in the short term.

CCA Pool

A grouping method for depreciating assets in a way that combines similar assets for the purposes of calculating capital cost allowance for tax purposes.

Marginal Tax Bracket

The tax rate that applies to the last dollar of an individual's income, used to determine the tax impact of additional income.