A Researcher Conducts a Quasi-Experimental Study to Determine Whether There

question 29

Multiple Choice

A researcher conducts a quasi-experimental study to determine whether there is improved weight gain among premature infants who are fed according to cue-based protocols.The researcher trained neonatal intensive care nurses to apply cue-based feeding to orally fed infants and notes a statistical difference in weight gain between infants fed according to cue-based protocols and those fed according to standard protocols.The reviewer notes that parents who gave consent to participate in the study were from a higher socioeconomic class than the population as a whole.This is a threat to:

• A) construct validity.
• B) external validity.
• C) internal validity.
• D) statistical conclusion validity.

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