To Guard Against Most Threats to Internal Validity in the Classical

question 67

Multiple Choice

To guard against most threats to internal validity in the classical experiment the researcher should:

• A) focus upon external validity
• B) focus upon generalizability
• C) use random assignment
• D) put subjects only in experimental groups

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