A Threat to Internal Validity Due to Something That Occurs

question 36

Multiple Choice

A threat to internal validity due to something that occurs and affects the dependent variable during an experiment,but which is unplanned and outside the control of the experimenter is known as

• A) selection bias.
• B) history.
• C) maturation.
• D) testing effect.
• E) matching.

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