Participants Who Are Given the Treatment Later in the Study

question 47

Short Answer

Participants who are given the treatment later in the study are included in the __________.

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Definitions:

Internal Validity

The degree to which a study or experiment accurately establishes a cause-effect relationship without the influence of external factors.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations, people, settings, and times.

Experimental Design

The planning of an experiment to ensure that it can test hypotheses effectively and produce valid and reliable results.

Attrition

The loss of participants during the course of a study, which can potentially bias the results.