Dr. kox conducts a study in which he finds that smoking is related to an increased risk of high blood pressure. he publishes his results. then dr. meco conducts the same study using different participants in another city. dr. meco's work is an example of:

Replication

Explanation:

Here, in this case the work conducted i.e. the research done by Dr. Meco can be referred to as the replication of Dr. Kox's work. In this scenario Dr. Meco has conducted the same study as that of Dr. Kox but with different participant. This therefore falls under the category of replication i.e. the emulating, replicating or copying something.

answer; i believe the correct answer is norming;

i'll just take the points xd