You Can Reasonably Expect Some Assistance from a Book That

question 112

Multiple Choice

You can reasonably expect some assistance from a book that is intended to help you to

• A) lose 20 pounds every month.
• B) learn to eat more healthily and gradually include more exercise in your weekly routine.
• C) reject societal expectations for our bodies.
• D) find the thin person trapped inside of you.

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Definitions:

Spurious Relationships

A connection between two variables that appears causal but is actually caused by a third variable.

Experimental Situation

The setting experimental subjects are placed in. This setting may be a threat to external validity if it does not reflect external reality.

External Validity

Relates to whether an experiment has in fact captured the external world that the researcher is investigating.

Attrition

The loss of participants during the course of a study, which can impact the study's outcomes and generalizability.