Taking a Broader Perspective: the Problem of External Validity Harris

question 51

Multiple Choice

Taking a Broader Perspective: The Problem of External Validity Harris and Rosenthal (1985) combined the results of several studies of the Rosenthal effect and found that it was strong and consistent in experiments testing the effects of teacher expectancies.Which technique did they use?

• A)meta-analysis
• B)multivariate analysis
• C)power analysis
• D)regression analysis

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