A group of scientists is attempting to verify recent data published on the chemical composition of tears and the presence of Alzheimer's disease. This illustrates the critical thinking principle of

A) ruling out rival hypotheses.
B) falsifiability.
C) replicability.
D) Occam's Razor.


Answer: C

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