A Study Is Said to Have Internal Validity If the Researcher

question 21

Multiple Choice

A study is said to have internal validity if the researcher can be relatively confident that ____.

• A)the same results would occur if the experiment were replicated
• B)changes in the independent variable caused changes in the dependent variable
• C)the operational definitions used in the study were chosen well
• D)the sample was representative of the broader population of interest

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