External Validity

question 25

Multiple Choice

External validity:

• A)exists when the research design accurately identifies causal relationships.
• B)refers to the extent to which a causal relationship found in a study can be expected to be true for the entire defined target population.
• C)can be threatened by selection bias.
• D)refers to the degree that the design and its procedures can be replicated and achieves similar conclusions about hypothesized relationships.
• E)refers to causal research designs that manipulate the independent variables to measure the dependent variable in a natural setting.

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