Why Is Resentful Demoralization a Threat to the Internal Validity

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why is resentful demoralization a threat to the internal validity of sport and exercise psychology research that manipulates an independent variable?

• A)Participants can vary in terms of biological factors across repeated data collection.
• B)An extraneous event can have a powerful yet unforeseen influence on the data.
• C)Alterations to the instruments can influence score reliability across time.
• D)Participant resentment can arise from not receiving the intervention.

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