For five years, you wake up before the alarm is set to ring each morning. This leads you to conclude that all people have a built-in "alarm clock" capable of waking them up. From a science viewpoint, this conclusion
A. is science because it is based on real observations.
B. cannot be scientifically tested because it involves human behavior.
C. is science because it is predictive of what will happen tomorrow morning.
D. may not be valid because it generalizes about all people, and there may have been other variables that could awaken you without a built-in clock.
E. is scientifically valid because 5 years × 365 days is a large number of trials.
Answer: D
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