Question

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notice and wonder science experiment lab report as
nd. after completing todays tasks in the lab report, come
d answer the practice questions for day 2.

the purpose of doing background resea
on your investigative topic is...

to develop a basic understanding of the research
problem being investigated.

to change your thinking.

to help you form an opinion more easily.

to provide bias into your experiment.

Explanation:

Background research in a science experiment aims to understand the research problem. Changing thinking, forming opinions easily, or introducing bias are not its purposes. So the correct option is the first one.

Answer:

$\boldsymbol{\circ}$ to develop a basic understanding of the research problem being investigated.