The Addition of a Comparison Group Can Address All of the Following

question 34

Multiple Choice

The addition of a comparison group can address all of the following threats to internal validity EXCEPT:

• A) History
• B) Maturation
• C) Regression
• D) Attrition
• E) A comparison group can address all of these threats to internal validity

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Definitions:

Variation

The extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from the mean of the dataset; critical in statistical analysis for understanding data dispersion.

Survey Scales

Rating scales used in questionnaires that allow respondents to indicate their opinions or feelings about a particular question or statement in a quantified manner.

Ordinal Data

Data that can be categorized or ranked, but the intervals between the ranks do not necessarily have a mathematical meaning.

Data

Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis, used to make decisions or inform conclusions.