A Group of Researchers Used an Electronically Activated Recorder to Track

Multiple Choice

A group of researchers used an electronically activated recorder to track people's conversations,counting the number of words spoken in a day by women and men.In
Determining whether women talk more than men,these researchers used the recorder during
Which step in the scientific method?

A) gathering evidence to test the hypothesis
B) theory building
C) defining the problem
D) proposing a hypothesis