Isabella works for an environmental safety group. Her group wants to answer the question "To what lengths must we go to protect plants and animals?" Why is her group's research question flawed?

They are trying to answer an ethical question, not a scientific one.

They will never be able to determine a means of protecting plants and animals.

The question is based on their bias as members of an environmental group.

The study can only be based on observation with this question.

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Isabella works for an environmental safety group. Her group wants to answer the question "To what lengths must we go to protect plants and animals?" Why is her group's research question flawed?

They are trying to answer an ethical question, not a scientific one.

They will never be able to determine a means of protecting plants and animals.

The question is based on their bias as members of an environmental group.

The study can only be based on observation with this question.

anonymous · Answer

This is an ethical question - not a scientific one. In other words, the question does not ask about an objectively quantifiable phenomena; it concerns only subjective valuations of human 'effort'.

anonymous · Answer

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121110152840AAphBuF

tabpernick · Answer

uhm?

anonymous · Answer

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