A Group of Scientists Is Attempting to Verify Recent Data

question 56

Multiple Choice

A group of scientists is attempting to verify recent data published on the chemical composition of tears and the presence of Alzheimer's disease. This illustrates the critical-thinking principle of

• A)ruling out rival hypotheses.
• B)falsifiability.
• C)replicability.
• D)Occam's Razor.

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