A sociologist publishes an article on a study in which she estimated the level of religious commitment in the population.Another interested researcher uses the same methodology and replicates the experiment and produces the same estimate.What can be said about the original study result?
A) It shows causation.
B) It has confidence.
C) It has verifiability.
D) It has reliability.

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The fact that the replication produced the same estimate as the original study indicates that the original study result has reliability, meaning that the results can be consistently reproduced. However, it does not necessarily guarantee causation, confidence or verifiability.

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