Professor Mike Michaelson Just Finished a Study That Used a Traditional

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Multiple Choice

Professor Mike Michaelson just finished a study that used a traditional experimental research design and was based on a sample of students from his introductory psychology class.Despite the fact that his article was published in a leading psychology journal,his colleagues criticized his study as just another example of research termed "science of the sophomore." What specifically was Professor Michaelson apparently guilty of?

• A)His research was biased because he used a sample that was known to him.
• B)Professor Michaelson used deception in his research.
• C)His study lacked generalizability.
• D)His study lacked empirical data.
• E)Given that he used his psychology class as his sample,his study would have lacked a control group.

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