Even Though Replication Is Accepted as an Important Aspect of the Scientific

question 65

Multiple Choice

Even though replication is accepted as an important aspect of the scientific method, few scientists actually do studies that use the exact same procedure of past experiments. Why not?

• A) Replications are rarely published.
• B) In reality, replication studies rarely reproduce previous results, and scientists don't want to have to deal with conflicting data.
• C) Scientists do not believe that replications are important
• D) Replications are typically very expensive.

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