The Presence of a Control Group Enables Researchers to Evaluate

question 41

Multiple Choice

The presence of a control group enables researchers to evaluate threats to internal validity. However, one threat that is most likely to still influence results to an unknown degree, even when a control group is used, is

• A)history
• B)maturation
• C)instrumentation
• D)testing

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