Which of the following statements about the replication of psychology studies is

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Which of the following statements about the replication of psychology studies is correct? Psychologists have been hesitant to agree there is a problem of replication in their field. Thus, they have not tried to reproduce any peer-reviewed studies. Psychologists tried to replicate 100 peer-reviewed studies, but were unable to reproduce any of the same results. Psychologists tried to replicate 100 peer-reviewed studies, but were only able to reproduce the same results as 39 of the studies. Psychologists have been the most successful in replicating studies. They were able to reproduce the same results as 90 out of 100 peer-reviewed studies.

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The correct option is surely option (3). 39/100 has been replicated..

Of the 100 experiments in question, 64 percent were not able to replicate the original results. Of the original studies, 97 percent of the findings were deemed significant.

Only 36 percent of the replicated studies obtain statistically significant results.

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