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ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 2, Problem 3. Why do you think that the first experiment was performed twice?

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Why do you think that the first experiment was performed twice?

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And here are the potential answers:

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Let's think about it. Why would a scientist ever want to perform an experiment twice?

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Don't they want to get home to their wife and kids, and golf game? Well maybe not.

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Could be, because he's board, but it's most likely to

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show that our results from the first time weren't just LUCKY results,

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and that they're accurate and reproducible. And that the scientific experiment was worth doing.

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Repeating experiments is an important part of the scientific method. Can't repeat them forever though,

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otherwise, other scientists might start making snide comments behind our back..

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The correct answer is (B).

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