|Question 12Verbal

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Callie W. Babbitt, Hema Madaka, and colleagues assembled a database of materials used in consumer electronics by studying products in the lab and by gathering data from similar product studies. The team gave each of these studies a rating for level of traceability (with a higher rating for clearer descriptions of procedures) and for category consistency (with a higher rating for using materials categories more closely aligned with the categories in the team's database). Based on these ratings, a second research team concluded that the methodology was better explained in a study by Lee Ching-Hwa and Hsi Chi-Shiung than it was in a study by Jef R. Peeters and colleagues.
Which finding, if true, would most directly challenge the second research team's conclusion?
The study by Lee and Hsi had a lower consistency rating than the study by Peeters and colleagues did.
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The study by Lee and Hsi had a lower traceability rating than the study by Peeters and colleagues did.
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The study by Peeters and colleagues had a medium consistency rating and a low traceability rating.
C
The study by Lee and Hsi had a high consistency rating and a medium traceability rating.
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