Question

Professor Thomas is presenting the findings of his most recent completed research study at a national psychological conference. At which step of the scientific method is Professor Thomas?
a. developing a hypothesis
b. analyzing the data
c. reporting the results
d. selecting a topic

Answer 1

Answer:

c. reporting the results

Explanation:

The scientific method has different steps:

1. First you choose your topic of research.
2. You go through a background research to see what other people has found related to the topic.
3. State a hypothesis for your study
4. Design the way you're going to collect the data for your experiment.
5. Collect the data and analyze it.
6. Draw conclusions based on the data you gathered.
7. Publish or report your findings/results

In this example, Professor Thomas is presenting the findings of his completed research study, we can see that he already finished the study and he's already publishing the findings, in other words, he is c. reporting the results.