Granny mae claims that her pies make a nutritious breakfast because the pies contain fruit. a good scientist should i. question the reliability of the source of the claim. ii. instantly believe granny mae because grandmas always know what's best. iii. analyze experimental results to test the validity of this claim. iv. ask multiple sources whether or not the claim is true.

The defendant and an accomplice were on trial together for burglary. both had given confessions implicating themselves and their accomplice. at trial, the defendant maintained that his confession had been obtained through improper coercion by the police. for the purpose of countering the claim of coercion, the prosecution seeks to place the accomplice’s confession into evidence. after objection by the defendant’s counsel, the judge agrees to issue a limiting instruction to the jury that the confession is to be considered only with regard to the question of whether the defendant’s confession was coerced. may the accomplice’s confession be admitted under that condition?