increases the number of people who can see the research

Confirms the validity of the experiment and the research behind it

Increases profit for the scientists

Increases the opportunity for government funding for experiments

Continue to make boats with your design

Publish an article on your results

Use your data to make a new hypothesis

Contact other scientists to replicate your experiment and compare results

Find errors in the 1975 study and research other similar experiments

Assume they will do everything correctly and do the experiment quickly

Replicate the 1975 study using the exact same variables to make sure their results are accurate

Change the variables in the new experiment to make sure they get the results they want