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Strong scientific theorizing is needed to improve replicability in psychological science
Timothy Carsel1, Alexander P Demos1, Matt Motyl1
1Department of Psychology,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago,IL 60607.timothy.carsel@gmail.comademos@uic.edumatt.motyl@gmail.comwww.timcarsel.wordpress.comwww.alexanderdemos.org/www.mattmotyl.com.
Abstract:
The target article makes the important case for making replicability mainstream. Yet, their proposal targets a symptom, rather than the underlying cause of low replication rates. We argue that psychological scientists need to devise stronger theories that are more clearly falsifiable. Without strong, falsifiable theories in the original research, attempts to replicate the original research are nigh uninterpretable.
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(a) Titrant volume = 0 mL. The solution pH is due to the acid ionization of HCl. Because this is a strong acid, the ionization is complete and the hydronium ion molarity is 0.100 M. The pH of the solution is then:

