While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
● In 2018 researchers Adwait Deshpande, Shreejata Gupta, and Anindya Sinha were observing wild macaques in Indiaʼs Bandipur National Park.
● They saw macaques calling out to and gesturing at humans who were eating or carrying food.
● They designed a study to find out if the macaques were intentionally communicating to try to persuade the humans to share their food.
● In the study trials, macaques frequently called out to and gestured at humans holding food.
● In the study trials, macaques called out to and gestured at empty-handed humans less frequently.
The student wants to present the studyʼs results. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Explanation
Answer: 1) Macaques in the study called out to and gestured more frequently at humans holding food than at empty-handed humans.
Goal: Present the study's results.
Why? Results are what the study found. Choice 1 states the key finding—more communication toward food-holding humans.
Traps:
- B) About study design → context, not results
- C) About research goal → aim, not results
- D) About methodology → how, not what was found