Asked by jacob
A pharmaceutical company claimed that experiments showed that its drug could effectively reduce the growth of cancer cells by 35 percent. However, when five independent laboratories conducted the same experiment, they measured a reduction rate of only 5–8 percent.
How did these laboratories show that the pharmaceutical company’s claims were invalid?
The labs used the pharmaceutical company’s inadequate data.
The labs produced false data.
The labs recorded data incorrectly.
The labs were unable to reproduce the pharmaceutical company’s data
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The labs were unable to reproduce the pharmaceutical company’s data.
Because independent experiments gave a 5–8% reduction rather than the claimed 35%, the original result failed to replicate — demonstrating the claim was not reproducible and thus invalid.
Because independent experiments gave a 5–8% reduction rather than the claimed 35%, the original result failed to replicate — demonstrating the claim was not reproducible and thus invalid.
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