In Reviewing a Manuscript Relevant to Your Thesis You Find

question 41

Multiple Choice

In reviewing a manuscript relevant to your thesis you find that it is very similar to a study conducted two years prior to the publication date. The authors of the two studies are different and the sample populations are from different Universities, but both studies address the transition of migrant students to large land grant Universities. You are concerned that the authors of the second publication did not reference the first publication in their work. This can be most directly attributed to a flaw in which section of the second publication's report.

• A) Introduction
• B) Method
• C) Results
• D) Discussion

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Definitions:

Mental Processes

Cognitive activities that include thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering, which are part of the functions of the brain.

Free Will

The ability of individuals to make choices that are not predetermined by prior causes or divine intervention.

External Consequences

Outcomes or reactions stemming from an individual's actions that occur outside of the individual, affecting their environment or other people.

Skinner

B.F. Skinner, an American psychologist and behaviorist, known for his work in the development of the theory of operant conditioning.