Sally Decides to Conduct an Exact Replication of an Experiment

question 22

Multiple Choice

Sally decides to conduct an exact replication of an experiment she has just read about in a research journal.If Sally does not obtain the same results reported in the original study,what might be responsible for her failure to replicate the results?

• A) The replication attempt was flawed.
• B) The original author omitted an important aspect of the procedure.
• C) The original results represent a Type I error.
• D) There are several possible reasons as to why Sally's replication might not yield the same results as the original study.

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