________ Threats to Internal Validity Arise When Respondents Drop Out

question 23

Multiple Choice

________ threats to internal validity arise when respondents drop out of the research between the pretest and the post-test and,as a result,it cannot be determined if differences between the two tests are the the result of the experimental treatment or are the result of different group characteristics at the two stages of measurement.

• A)Mortality
• B)Researcher bias
• C)Selection
• D)Testing
• E)Premeasurement

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