"Research" in the sense often found in American communication and other social-science journals, refers to researchers

a. Using library sources to develop an argument about some social phenomenon
b. Collecting data from people or texts and analyzing it
c. Offering their personal opinion on some topic of social importance
d. Providing tables of statistics, with little extra explanation


b

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What will be an ideal response?

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