RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Getting the same result when an experiment is repeated is called replication. If research results can be replicated, it means they are more likely to be correct. Repeated replication of investigations may turn a hypothesis into a theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is a replicate? Replicates are multiple experimental runs with the same factor settings (levels). Replicates are subject to the same sources of variability, independently of each other. You can replicate combinations of factor levels, groups of factor level combinations, or entire designs.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are two primary types of replicates: technical and biological. Technical replicates involve taking one sample from the same source tube, and analyzing it across multiple conditions, e.g., analyzing one sample six times across multiple arrays.

Detailed explanation-4: -First, there is a type called “exact replication” (also called “direct replication"). In this form, a scientist attempts to exactly recreate the scientific methods used in conditions of an earlier study to determine whether the results come out the same.