Which of the following are considered poor scholarly writing and, consequently, should not appear in a published research report? (Select all that apply.)
a. "Subjects who could not decide whether to select A, B, or C as item options were instructed to leave the item blank."
b. "Regardless of amount of the independent variable of electricity that was applied, dependent variable changes were negligible thus indicating lack of causation."
c. "Any subject desiring to retract their permission for the study had his or her name removed from the master list."
d. "Erstwhile subjects had little insight into the retained fragments of their sublimated ignoscency."
ANS: B, C, D
A quality research report has no errors in punctuation, spelling, or sentence structure. It is also important to avoid confusing words, clichés, jargon, and excessive wordiness and abbreviations. Word processing programs have "tools" commands that have the capacity to proofread manuscripts for errors.
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