Suppose a Research Study Does a Good Job at Making

question 102

Multiple Choice

Suppose a research study does a good job at making sure the results generalize to the real world, but does NOT do a good job preventing confounds.This research study

• A)has external validity but not internal validity.
• B)has internal validity but not external validity.
• C)has construct validity but not external validity.
• D)has external validity but not inferential validity.

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