What Are the Weaknesses of Quasi-Experiments

question 98

Multiple Choice

What are the weaknesses of quasi-experiments?

• A) Cannot be used to make strong statements about cause and effect; unknown influence of confounding variables
• B) Prone to inaccuracies when records are incomplete; variables in past records may not be ideal measures of current interests
• C) Cannot infer causation; may be confounded by related but distinct constructs
• D) Can be ethically implausible to use in research involving human subjects

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