According to the author, social scientists normally make generalizations that

a. are considered laws, and therefore are not subject to change.
b. are tentative and always subject to change with new evidence.
c. do not have sufficient evidence to support them.
d. are supported by evidence, but how that evidence was arrived at is not known.


B

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