Taking a Broader Perspective: the Problem of External Validity the Advantage

question 6

Multiple Choice

Taking a Broader Perspective: The Problem of External Validity The advantage of unobtrusively observing eating behavior in a restaurant (Marston, London, Cooper, & Cohen, 1977) instead of a laboratory is that the unobtrusive approach seems to have

• A)fewer risks of confounding.
• B)greater external validity.
• C)greater internal validity.
• D)fewer risks of confounding and greater external validity.

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