Self-study
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"Surprising" Phenomenon
How can a report claiming erosion is light and a report claiming erosion is heavy both be accurate?
Objective
Any hypothesis resolving this discrepancy must state a difference between the two reports that explains how they can both be correct. This difference will not question the accuracy of either study, but will allow for erosion to be both heavy and relatively light in this region.
8.
Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ██ █████████
a
Neither report presents ██ █████████ ████████ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ ███████
This speaks to the reports’ methodologies without reconciling their different results. The author states that both reports are accurate, so the validity of their conclusions is not in question.
b
Both reports include █████████████████ █████████ ████████████
This speaks to the reports’ methodologies without reconciling their different results. Both reports are accurate, whether or not they include satellite photographs.
c
One report was ████████ ██ ██████████ ████ █ ███████████ █████ ███ █████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████████ ████ █ ███████ ██████████ █████
This refers to the people who produced the reports without addressing their findings. It does not explain how their conclusions can be simultaneously accurate.
d
One report focuses ██ ████████ ███████ ████████ █████ ███ █████ ██████ ███████ ██ █████████ ███████ █████████ ████ ████████ ███████
This explains why both reports can be accurate. They studied different types of erosion, so their results are not in conflict.
e
One report cost ██████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███ █████ ███████
This speaks to the resources used to prepare the reports without addressing their findings. Both reports are accurate, regardless of their cost.