Reflect on the Are You Equipped Now at the End

question 26

Multiple Choice

Reflect on the Are You Equipped Now at the end of the chapter.What if some of the participants dropped out of the experiment before the end because it was not working to alleviate pain? This question is associated with which of the following threats to internal validity?

• A)selection
• B)maturation
• C)regression to the mean
• D)attrition

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