When Researchers Create Questions to Investigate, Generate Evidence, and Draw

question 185

Multiple Choice

When researchers create questions to investigate, generate evidence, and draw conclusions, they are guided by a set of assumptions, attitudes, and procedures called:

• A)the scientific method.
• B)guesses and hunches.
• C)ethical guidelines.
• D)pseudoscientific assumptions.

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Definitions:

Population Development

The study of changes in population numbers, composition, and distribution, and how these changes affect socio-economic development.

Crude Birth Rate

The number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year.

Live Births

The event of giving birth to a baby who shows signs of life after being born.

Population

Is the entire group about which a researcher wishes to generalize.