A Researcher Tests a New Intervention for Nausea Associated with Chemotherapy

question 30

Multiple Choice

A researcher tests a new intervention for nausea associated with chemotherapy in hospitalized patients. The researcher does not want to suggest nausea to the patients, so as the dependent variable, the researcher uses the answer the patients give to the question, "How are you feeling this morning?" This is a threat to which type of validity?

• A)Construct validity
• B)Internal validity
• C)External validity
• D)Statistical conclusion validity

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