Why might a research question that dwells on discrete or narrow factual issues limit the significance of a research project?
What will be an ideal response?
Although important, facts alone are not enough to yield scientific explanations. What is missing is a relationship—that is, the association, dependence, or covariance of the values of one variable with the values of another. Researchers are generally interested in how to advance and test generalizations relating one phenomenon to another. In the absence of such generalizations, factual knowledge of the type called for by the following research questions will be fundamentally limited in scope.
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Alexis de Tocqueville thought that the democratic qualities of the United States would handicap its ability to conduct foreign affairs.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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