What Is the Most Likely Scientific Reason Dr

What is the most likely scientific reason Dr. Falk would conduct the same study that her colleague, a psychologist at another university, conducted?

A) She wishes to establish that she can conduct the same project with superior methodology than that of her colleague.
B) If she achieves the same results, this would suggest that her colleague's findings were likely not an accident.
C) She would like to publish a paper in the same journal as did her colleague.
D) none of these