Confounding Variables Primarily Threaten the ______ of a Study

question 18

Multiple Choice

Confounding variables primarily threaten the ______ of a study.

• A) external validity
• B) internal validity
• C) reliability
• D) third variable

Understand the significance of free association, dream analysis, and transference in psychotherapy.

Distinguish between the treatment focuses of different types of therapists.

Comprehend the mechanisms underlying resistance and transference in psychoanalytic therapy.

Understand the fundamentals of psychoanalytic theory and techniques.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or relationship exists among certain variables, which researchers aim to either reject or fail to reject based on statistical evidence.

Squared Deviations

The squares of the differences between each observation in a dataset and the mean of that dataset, used in statistical analyses to measure variability.

Grand Mean

The overall mean calculated from multiple sets of observations or groups.

Total Sum

The aggregate or combined total of all the values in a set of numbers.