Joelle Was Conducting a Six-Month Experiment in Which She Was

question 67

Multiple Choice

Joelle was conducting a six-month experiment in which she was interviewing members of the community to determine if a new police-community outreach program increased positive perception of police officers amongst the community.Four months into the experiment,a scandal regarding police brutality hit the news in a neighboring city,which had an effect upon this community's perception of police.Which source of internal invalidity does this example reflect?

• A) maturation.
• B) instrumentation.
• C) compensation.
• D) selection biases.
• E) history.

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