"There Are Many Assets to Using a Field Study," Said

question 70

Multiple Choice

"There are many assets to using a field study," said the graduate student."First, you're dealing with correlation, so you can draw conclusions about the direction of causality.Second, you have a high degree of control over confounding variables.Third, because you're dealing with a contrived situation, you're bound to have poor external validity.And fourth, your presence might influence the subjects' behavior." Which part of the graduate student's thinking was accurate?

• A)that because it's a correlational study, one can draw conclusions about causality
• B)that this type of study affords a high degree of control over confounding variables
• C)that because this type of study is contrived, it will result in poor external validity
• D)that the experimenters' presence can influence the subjects' behavior

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