The Chief Weakness of a Field Study Is That

question 87

Multiple Choice

The chief weakness of a field study is that:

• A)it captures social behavior as it naturally occurs instead of in the laboratory.
• B)the researchers have too much control over the variables in the study.
• C)the researchers lose control over the variables in the study.
• D)there are too many choices of independent variables.

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