Statistical Regression, as a Threat to Internal Validity, Refers To

question 12

Multiple Choice

Statistical regression, as a threat to internal validity, refers to:

• A) The shift of statistical significance as the number of participants increase
• B) The tendency of modal responses to move away from the center of the distribution
• C) The inability of certain designs to detect statistically significant difference, should they exist
• D) The tendency of extreme scores to move toward the mean of the distribution when a measure is readministered

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