Joletta thinks she knows how to cure cancer. A family member of hers had cancer, but he did not die. Joletta noticed that he ate a lot of peanuts, so she concluded that peanuts must be the cure for cancer. She writes a paper outlining her discovery, only to find that no one in the scientific community will publish her work.

Why did the scientific community reject Joletta's "theory?"

A) Joletta was not recognized as a famous scientist.

B) Joletta neglected to mention how many peanuts he ate.

C) Joletta did not have enough data to validate her theory.

D) Joletta did not know how to write a correct scientific paper.

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Natalya Barnes

15 May, 00:22

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Derrick Small · Answer 1

Definitely C) she did not have enough information to prove her theory to be right.