Gretchen and Peter are graduate students in the same Physics lab. Their supervisor has asked both of them to perform the same experiment using the same procedure and equipment. After they've both completed their task, the compare their results and discover that they are nearly identical. Which of the five criteria for science does Gretchen and Peter's discovery exemplify?
A) Intersubjective testability
B) Reliability
C) Definiteness and precision
D) Coherence

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Intersubjective testability refers to the ability of different researchers to obtain the same results when conducting the same experiment under the same conditions, which is what Gretchen and Peter demonstrated.

Gretchen and Peter Are Graduate Students in the Same Physics