When researchers replicate a study, they are seeking to __________.

Researchers replicate a study by repeating its methods to see whether the original results can be reproduced. Those results provide evidence that may support or reject the hypothesis the study was designed to test. Replication is not meant to change the study to produce new results or develop a different hypothesis, so the best answer is “support or reject the hypothesis upon which the study was founded.”

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