One Threat to Internal Validity in Criminal Justice Research That

question 14

Multiple Choice

One threat to internal validity in criminal justice research that is not very significant is

• A) history, because few things happen on a grand scale that would impact criminal justice research
• B) maturation, because criminal justice subjects are not in research studies long enough to mature
• C) statistical regression, because subjects in the criminal justice system are likely to score lower than the mean anyway
• D) the concern about the publication of the findings

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Definitions:

Argument

A set of statements or propositions, where some serve as premises and one as the conclusion, intended to demonstrate the truth of the conclusion.

Implicit Propositions

Propositions that are not directly stated but implied within an argument or statement.

Syllogisms

Syllogisms are a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion, where the conclusion logically follows from the two premises.

Syllogisms

Logical structures that use deductive reasoning to come to a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted as true, highlighting the relationship between different sets of items.