Extraneous Variables Can Confound the Effects of the Experimental Variable

question 11

Multiple Choice

Extraneous variables can confound the effects of the experimental variable and are therefore sources of internal invalidity.If subjects are lost from the comparison groups,the source of internal invalidity is said to be:

• A)History
• B)Instrumentation
• C)Selection
• D)Experimental mortality

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