What Type of Experimental Validity Is Concerned with the Extent

question 97

Multiple Choice

What type of experimental validity is concerned with the extent that the relationship observed between the independent and dependent variable during the experiment is generalizable to the real world?

• A)external validity
• B)internal validity
• C)extraneous validity
• D)causal validity
• E)confirmed validity

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

In research, this group is exposed to the intervention or treatment being tested, in contrast to the control group.

Homework

Assignments given to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class aimed at reinforcing learning.

Double-blind Studies

Research designs in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, reducing biases.

Placebo Effect

The phenomenon in which a person's condition appears to improve after taking a placebo, a treatment that has no therapeutic effect, due to the individual's belief in the treatment's efficacy.