Dr Moretti recently published a paper on his therapy work with 10 patients whom he said benefitted greatly from psychoanalysis. The patients all suffered from moderate depression and were in treatment for six months. Dr Moretti's research has come under intense scrutiny as other clinicians and researchers have not been able to consistently find the same results in their patients. This lack of research consistency is a problem for which of the six principles of scientific thinking?

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Replicability is the principle that scientific findings should be able to be replicated by other researchers in order to confirm their validity. The fact that other clinicians and researchers have not been able to consistently find the same results as Dr Moretti's research indicates a lack of replicability, which is a problem for this principle.

Dr Moretti Recently Published a Paper on His Therapy Work