According to Chapter 17, field reports "explain problems, methods, results, and conclusions, but they deemphasize methods and can include recommendations." What does it mean to deemphasize methods?
A) Spend less effort describing how you did the field study and more effort reporting what you learned from it.
B) Write fewer words describing how you did the field study and what you learned from it.
C) Always make sure that your methods section is not the first section.
D) Describe the methods but explain that they are not important.

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To deemphasize methods means to spend less effort describing how you did the field study and more effort reporting what you learned from it. This does not mean that the methods section should be excluded or disregarded, but rather given less importance compared to the results and conclusions.

According to Chapter 17, Field Reports "Explain Problems, Methods, Results