Accessibility in the field can make a career Field research is considered a necessity for some sciences. For example, 99 percent of geology degrees surveyed in 2008 required a field component, meant to give students a taste of the tools and techniques used by professional geologists. Archaeologists and anthropologists value time spent in their study systems, collecting first-hand knowledge in new and unfamiliar places. Epiphanies happen in the field, a young student might be told. One could see biological processes in motion in a remote tropical forest or on a busy coral reef that could never be recreated in a lab. Marshall said there’s also a social component that makes fieldwork vital to early-career researchers. “We have a culture that says that, if you cannot hike up that mountain with a pack on your back, you are less of a geoscientist,” Marshall said. Peers and potential employers consider physical — and mental — toughness a necessity for a budding researcher, or a way to weed out the candidates who presumably care less from those who are “serious.” Researchers often return from hikes, boat rides, dig sites or foreign cities with new friends or closer colleagues (as well as exciting “#fieldworkfail” stories). “Those activities are bonding activities. That’s how scientists find collaborators. That’s how students find letter-writers and potential grad student advisors,” Marshall said. “When we exclude people, that’s excluding them from building the social capital that they’ll need to succeed in the field.”Question Use the passage to answer the question. Which piece of evidence, if added to the “Accessibility in the field can make a career” section, would improve how the section develops the author’s claim? (1 point) Responses statistical evidence showing the importance of fieldwork for several more scientific disciplines statistical evidence showing the importance of fieldwork for several more scientific disciplines expert opinions from people working in different scientific disciplines to show creative solutions to accessibility issues expert opinions from people working in different scientific disciplines to show creative solutions to accessibility issues by using a personal anecdote to outline examples of specific challenges people with disabilities face as a way to emphasize the need for solutions by using a personal anecdote to outline examples of specific challenges people with disabilities face as a way to emphasize the need for solutions anecdotal evidence from people with disabilities who were prevented from fieldwork because of prejudice

Answer 1

To improve how the "Accessibility in the field can make a career" section develops the author's claim, adding statistical evidence showing the importance of fieldwork for several more scientific disciplines would be most effective. This evidence would strengthen the argument by demonstrating that the necessity of fieldwork extends beyond just geology and encompasses a broader range of scientific disciplines, thus highlighting the critical need for accessibility in fieldwork settings across various fields.