When Some Subjects Exit the Experiment Before It Is Completed

question 28

Multiple Choice

When some subjects exit the experiment before it is completed and this effects the results of the study, this is an example of a _____.

• A) mortality effect
• B) history effect
• C) instrumentation effect
• D) confounding effect

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