The Presence of a Control Group Enables Researchers to Evaluate

question 41

Multiple Choice

The presence of a control group enables researchers to evaluate threats to internal validity. However, one threat that is most likely to still influence results to an unknown degree, even when a control group is used, is

• A)history
• B)maturation
• C)instrumentation
• D)testing

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Definitions:

Conservative Goals

Objectives or aims that seek to preserve traditional institutions, values, and practices, emphasizing stability, and continuity, and often resistant to rapid change or innovation.

Concert of Europe

An informal agreement between major European powers in the 19th century aimed at preserving the balance of power and preventing the outbreak of major wars through diplomacy.

Rotten Borough

A Rotten Borough was a term used in England to describe a parliamentary constituency with very few voters, often controlled by a single person or family, leading to unrepresentative and corrupt electoral outcomes.

Dunwich

A village in Suffolk, England, known historically as a major port in the Middle Ages before coastal erosion reduced its size and importance.