Which of the Following Would NOT Be a Good Strategy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would NOT be a good strategy for developing a research idea?

A) Look for a principle that has been supported in many direct replications and conduct a direct replication of one of those studies.
B) Ask yourself, "Everyone thinks that A causes B; but what if B actually causes A?"
C) Try to find out why two studies of the same phenomenon produced different results.
D) Find two competing theories of a phenomenon and design a study to determine which is more valid.