Practice quiz: What research is

4 questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right. You can try as many times as you like. These are for practice: the final test has different questions.

1. 1.Which of these is research in the scientific sense?

   Reading reviews online before buying a laptopPlanning and running a study to find out something new, and sharing it so others can check itCopying the results table of a famous paper into a reportCollecting only the facts that agree with your opinion
2. 2.A team builds an offline app from a crop-disease model that already works. What kind of work is this?

   Basic researchApplied researchExperimental developmentNot research at all
3. 3.Which hypothesis is falsifiable?

   The model has a hidden nature that prefers daylightSome things about the model might changeAdding 1,000 night photos will raise night accuracy by at least 5 pointsThe model is mysterious
4. 4.Your experiment matches your prediction. What can you say?

   The hypothesis is provenThe result supports the hypothesis, and other explanations should still be checkedNo further work is neededYou should stop reporting other results