medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A journal should retract a study only when its central findings cannot be reproduced. The disputed study's findings failed to replicate in four laboratories. Therefore, the journal should retract it.
The reasoning is flawed because it
- concludes that the original authors acted dishonestly
- treats failure to reproduce, which is stated as necessary for retraction, as though it were sufficient for retraction
- ignores the possibility that the study was already retracted
- assumes without support that every laboratory conducting a replication attempt is completely free from procedural error
- presumes that reproducible studies must always be published
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