What Does External Validity Refer To

question 44

Multiple Choice

What does external validity refer to?

• A) the degree to which there can be reasonable certainty that the independent variables in an experiment caused the observed effects on the dependent variables
• B) the degree to which there can be reasonable confidence that the same results would be obtained for other people and in other situations
• C) the degree to which participants were assigned to the various conditions on the basis of representative criteria
• D) the degree to which the experimental situation engages participants and leads them to behave naturally and spontaneously

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