On April 16, 2007, the BBC News reported the results of a study done by Dr.David Lewis of Mindlab International in the United Kingdom.Dr.Lewis found that eating dark chocolate had longer lasting excitatory effects on the body than did kissing a romantic partner.This is the first study to show such large effects of chocolate.If this study cannot be replicated, it implies that the researchers made a _____ error.
A) Type II
B) research design
C) statistical analysis
D) Type I

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If the study cannot be replicated, it implies that the researchers made a Type I error, which means they falsely rejected the null hypothesis that there was no difference between the effects of kissing and eating chocolate.

On April 16, 2007, the BBC News Reported the Results