A Researcher Was Conducting an Experiment on a New Method

question 71

Multiple Choice

A researcher was conducting an experiment on a new method to reduce fear of flying and did not use a control group.During this experiment,a high-profile plane crash was reported in the media.What threat to internal validity is this?

• A)history
• B)experimental mortality
• C)selection biases
• D)testing
• E)statistical regression

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