the replication experiments were not so likely as the original experiments to be marred by faulty measurements the theoretical principles called into question by the originally reported results were themselves based on weak evidence the original experiments had not been described in sufficient detail to make an exact replication possible the researchers who originally reported the controversial results had themselves observed those results only once
Scientists attempting to replicate certain controversial results reported by a group of experienced researchers failed to get the same results as those reported. The conclusion drawn from this by the scientists who conducted the replication experiments was that the originally reported results had been due to faulty measurements.
The argument of the scientists who conducted the replication experiments assumes that