You have decided to do an experiment to learn if a certain type of cactus will grow better in a dark closet or a sunny window. to begin your experiment, you place one cactus in a dark closet and one cactus in a sunny window. over the next month, you record data about the cacti and their appearance every day. at the end of the month, you determine that the cactus in the sun is alive but didn’t grow and that the cactus from the dark closet is alive and grew one centimeter. can you conclude that a dark closet is better for this type of cacti’s growth?
a.
no, you need to repeat an experiment multiple times before accepting a conclusion.
b.
no, you need to use one cactus in both conditions.
c.
yes, when you are a student your results will be accepted on small-scale studies.
d.
yes, one cactus can accurately reflect the behavior of all similar cacti.