Which of the Following Statements Regarding the Contemporary Process for Conducting

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding the contemporary process for conducting research is false?

A) Research is part of an inductive-deductive process in which theory is derived from and tied back to the world through experimentation.
B) Logic is necessary to connect the concepts and propositions that make up a theory with each other and to connect them with the things in the world to which they refer.
C) Empirical research methods produce evidence that is inherently value-free and benign.
D) Research does not advance theory toward truth, but instead improves the way that any theory makes sense of the world.