The Following Is Not a Threat to External Validity

question 2

Multiple Choice

The following is not a threat to external validity:

• A)the experimental sample is not representative of the population of interest.
• B)the treatment being studied is not representative of the treatment that would be implemented more broadly.
• C)experimental participants are volunteers.
• D)partial compliance with the treatment protocol.

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Definitions:

Buckley Amendment

Refers to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.

FERPA

(Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) affirms the right of all individuals to gain access to their school records, including test records.

Reliability

The degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results over repeated applications under the same conditions.

Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha

Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha is a statistic used to assess the internal consistency or reliability of a set of scale or test items.