A Researcher Has Read a Research Report Indicating That a Certain

question 27

Multiple Choice

A researcher has read a research report indicating that a certain medication has been found to be effective when tested on men.The researcher plans to do an experiment testing the effectiveness of the same medication but in his experiment both men and women will be tested.The researcher is planning to do a

• A)replication of the experiment to test the internal validity of the original experiment.
• B)partial replication of the experiment to test the external validity of the finding from the original experiment.
• C)replication of the experiment to test the sensitivity of the original experiment.
• D)partial replication of the experiment to test the statistical power of the original experiment.

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