Sir Ronald A

Multiple Choice

Sir Ronald A. Fisher developed a sex ratio model partly because so much observational data suggested that the 1:1 sex ratio was common in nature and he wanted to understand why. What is the natural ordering when it comes to empirical and theoretical approaches?

A) Good theory should postdate data collecting.
B) Good theory should precede data collecting.
C) Good theory can either precede or postdate data collecting.
D) Good theory should precede hypothesis collecting.