What Is Multiple-Treatment Interference

question 51

Multiple Choice

What is multiple-treatment interference?

• A) A threat to external validity that occurs when a set of findings results only when participants experience multiple treatments in the same experiment.
• B) A threat to external validity that occurs when a treatment effect is found only for a specific sample of participants.
• C) A threat to external validity that occurs when a pretest sensitizes participants to the treatment yet to come.
• D) A threat to external validity caused by an experimental situation that alters participants' behavior, regardless of the IV involved.

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Definitions:

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