The Threat to Internal Validity That Occurs When Participating Individuals

question 23

Multiple Choice

The threat to internal validity that occurs when participating individuals have improved performance due to the knowledge that they are being watched is called:

• A) Maturation
• B) History
• C) Regression
• D) Hawthorne Effect

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Definitions:

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Perfect Foresight Model

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