Maturation Is a Threat to Internal Validity and Means

question 60

Multiple Choice

Maturation is a threat to internal validity and means

• A)that the subject (participant)is too immature.
• B)that the subject quits the experiment before it is completed.
• C)that a biological or emotional process within the participants that is not part of the independent variable induces a change in the dependent variable.
• D)that the experiment is ripe.

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