The sentence, "The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between health beliefs and breast self-examination," would most likely be found in which section of a research report?

a. Discussion
b. Introduction
c. Methods
d. Results


ANS: B
The introduction section of a research report identifies the nature and scope of the problem being investigated and justifies the conduct of the study.
The discussion section tells the reader what the researcher thinks about the results of the analysis. The introduction section of a research report identifies the nature and scope of the problem being investigated and justifies the conduct of the study.
The methods section informs the reader of how the study was carried out. The introduction section of a research report identifies the nature and scope of the problem being investigated and justifies the conduct of the study.
The results section gives the outcome of the statistical analysis. The introduction section of a research report identifies the nature and scope of the problem being investigated and justifies the conduct of the study.

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