Dr. X did a study showing that violent video games increased aggression, while Dr. Y did a study showing that violent video games did not increase aggression. The most likely explanation is that:

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The most likely explanation is that the two researchers had different operational definitions of aggression, which resulted in different findings. This is a common issue in research, as defining and measuring constructs can vary across studies and researchers. It is unlikely that one or both researchers conducted invalid experiments or lied about their results, and random assignment to groups failing in both experiments would not explain the differing results.

Dr X Did a Study Showing That Violent Video Games