A failure to replicate a psychological phenomenon
A) is usually due to a mistake by the original researcher.
B) is usually due to a mistake by the researcher conducting the replication study.
C) may suggest that there are cultural factors affecting the phenomenon.
D) is frequently a result of poor back-translation in cross-cultural studies.
E) is much more likely when the study and the replication have a high degree of statistical power.

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A failure to replicate a psychological phenomenon may suggest that there are cultural factors affecting the phenomenon, indicating that the original findings might not generalize across different cultural contexts.

A Failure to Replicate a Psychological Phenomenon