A Research Assistant Is Interviewing Elderly Adults at Community Center

question 4

Multiple Choice

A research assistant is interviewing elderly adults at community center, but only adults who have access to transportation to the center are likely to participate. This illustrates what type of threat to external validity?

• A) Interaction of treatment with selection of subjects
• B) Research bias of only elderly adult participation
• C) Interaction of treatment and setting generalization
• D) Effects of selection limiting representativeness

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Definitions:

Colonists

People who were sent to live in new territories but remained subjects or citizens of their parent country; often involved in the colonization processes of different continents.

Revolutionary War

A war fought from 1775 to 1783, in which the Thirteen American colonies won independence from Great Britain, leading to the establishment of the United States of America.

Avoided

Avoided signifies purposely staying away from or preventing an occurrence of a specific act, situation, or engagement.

Indentured Servants

Workers who agreed to work for a specific period of time in exchange for transportation to the New World, food, accommodation, and a new life in the colonies, primarily during the 17th and 18th centuries.