What Is a Researcher's First Step When Designing a Research

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Multiple Choice

What is a researcher's first step when designing a research study on children's language acquisition?

• A) recruit children and their parents as participants in the study
• B) develop a hypothesis on the way language is acquired in children
• C) pose a research question about language acquisition
• D) draw conclusions on the way children acquire language

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Definitions:

Anther

The part of a flower's stamen that contains the pollen, which is crucial for plant reproduction through pollination.

Pollen Grains

Microscopic particles produced by the male structures of seed plants, responsible for carrying the male gametes to the female structure for fertilization.

Ovary

(1) In animals, one of the paired female gonads responsible for producing eggs and sex hormones. (2) In flowering plants, the base of the carpel that contains ovules; ovaries develop into fruits after fertilization.

Pistil

The female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of the ovary, style, and stigma.