4. True False A speculation about the cause of one’s illness from one doctor is

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4. True False     A speculation about the cause of one’s illness from one doctor is often more reliable than results from a battery of tests designed to rule out other possible causes.

5. True False     One problem with retrospective research is that the memory of informants and the records kept by agencies are selective, and thus, biased. There may be other relevant and influential factors at work for which no records were kept.

6. True False Instrument calibration is a kind of standard that can be used to help establish a fact.

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4. False. A speculation about the cause of one’s illness from one doctor is not more reliable than results from a battery of tests designed to rule out other possible causes.

5. True. One problem with retrospective research is that the memory of informants and the records kept by agencies are selective, and thus, biased. There may be other relevant and influential factors at work for which no records were kept.

6. False. Instrument calibration is not a kind of standard that can be used to help establish a fact.

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