Consider the Pretest-Posttest Control-Group Design

question 24

Multiple Choice

Consider the pretest-posttest control-group design. Which of the following threats to internal validity is controlled in this design?

• A) History
• B) Maturation
• C) Testing
• D) All of the above.

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