What Is the Difference Between Internal and External Validity

question 66

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between internal and external validity

• A) Internal validity refers to study design; external validity refers to generalizability.
• B) Internal validity refers to participant motivation; external validity refers to experiment conditions.
• C) Internal validity refers to researcher methodology; external validity refers to peer critique.
• D) Internal validity refers to ethics concerns raised by study participants; external validity refers to ethics concerns raised by an IRB.

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Definitions:

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