What About External Validity Would Concern a Nurse Researcher Regarding

question 16

Multiple Choice

What about external validity would concern a nurse researcher regarding a research study?

• A) The relationship between the independent variable and the study outcomes
• B) Whether a specific event influenced the dependent variable
• C) The degree to which extraneous or mediating variables interfered with the study outcomes
• D) The degree to which the findings are generalizable to populations beyond those studied

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