A research study is said to have heuristic value if:

AIt leads to no further research

BIt generates more research ✓ Correct

CIts results lack consistency

DIts results lack validity

Correct answer: (B) It generates more research

Explanation

A study has heuristic value when it stimulates and generates further research and new questions.

Leading to no further research is the opposite of heuristic worth, marking a dead end.

Lacking consistency points to poor reliability, a separate methodological weakness.

Lacking validity means the study fails to measure what it intends, again unrelated to heuristic value.

The term heuristic derives from discovery, so its measure is fertility for future inquiry.

A single provocative finding can open an entire new line of investigation.

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