Please help me to understand the question professor gave us in English class for a final?

Question by Gerrardo: Please help me to understand the question professor gave us in English class for a final?
The authors of “An Anthropologist on Mars” and “After the Fact” use research to refine, modify, or dispute commonly held viewpoints or assumptions. Using three examples, describe how the authors use research to change or alter a perception about a particular incident, person, or term. Write about what kind of research the authors present, how they interpret this information, and what new insights this process offers. Mention at least one example from each book in your answer. Include a list of Works Cited at the end of your essay. Thank you.

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Answer by panic_girl
Means, that you need to do a research on how the researchers do their job> You will have to do a background research on the researchers who did the Mars and After the Fact research.

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