You just read a study which reports that marijuana use leads to heroin addiction. After a careful examination of the literature, you are unable to find any other researcher who has been able to duplicate these results. You may conclude that this study lacks:
A) reliability.
B) representation.
C) cohesiveness.
D) validity.
E) legality.

Question

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Reliability in research refers to the consistency of results across different studies and experiments. If no other researcher has been able to duplicate the results of the study in question, it suggests that the findings are not reliable.

You Just Read a Study Which Reports That Marijuana Use