Without the process of replication as part of the scientific process, what would happen?
A) Incorrect results would often go uncorrected.
B) Demand characteristics would have larger effect on data.
C) The Hawthorne effect would increase.
D) Samples would be less representative of the populations they came from.
Answer: A
Rationale: Replication is the process of repeating a study and finding a similar outcome each time. This is part of the self-correcting process of science that helps to identify incorrect results.
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