A theory
a. organizes an individual's ideas during a discussion.
b. attempts to explain some phenomenon.
c. sorts out advantages from disadvantages.
d. is employed by a scientist in the opening stages of an experiment.
Answer: b. attempts to explain some phenomenon.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. including both women and men authors. b. representing all theoretical paradigms. c. using only studies that employed random samples. d. avoiding plagiarism. e. use only theoretically relevant samples