External Validity Refers To

question 14

Multiple Choice

External validity refers to:

• A) The degree to which study results can be generalized to other cases not studied as well as to the population in general.
• B) Creating equivalent groups through random sampling.
• C) The amount of confidence we have that changes in the dependent variable are the result of the independent variable and not some other factor.
• D) Minimizing attrition in longitudinal or time series designs.

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