There Is Very Little Research Examining the Effectiveness of 12-Step

question 96

Multiple Choice

There is very little research examining the effectiveness of 12-step programmes that are patterned after the Alcoholics Anonymous model, and thus what research does exist is difficult to verify. For which critical-thinking concept is this a big problem?

• A)Falsifiability
• B)Extraordinary claims
• C)Replicability
• D)Occam's Razor

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