Threats Related to the Participations, Such as Maturation, Selection Bias

question 39

Multiple Choice

Threats related to the participations, such as maturation, selection bias, and experimental drop-out, are typically related to what kind of decreased validity?

• A) External validity
• B) Internal validity
• C) Reliability
• D) Logical validity

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