When an Evaluator Recognizes a Potential Threat to the Internal

question 22

Multiple Choice

When an evaluator recognizes a potential threat to the internal validity of an evaluation,

• A) it may be impossible to control for it short of randomization.
• B) correlational designs are needed.
• C) using just one group would permit the threat to be ignored.
• D) a pretest/posttest design can be used.

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