Which of the following could be true if one decreases their long term liability and increases their liquid assets? a. paid off credit card balance and added money to savings. b. paid off medical bills and invested money. c. paid down mortgage and received a cash prize. d. paid taxes owed and bought a car.

In terms of the "great wheel of science", statistics are central to the research process (a) only between the hypothesis phase and the observation phase (b) only between the observation phase and the empirical generalization phase (c) only between the theory phase and the hypothesis phase (d) only between the empirical generalization phase and the theory phase