Campbell and Stanley (1963) point out that although the two-group pretest-posttest design ensures a degree of internal validity, ________.

A. it does not preclude problems with external validity
B. establishing the statistical significance of your results is difficult
C. identifying causal relationships is difficult
D. None of the answers is correct.


Answer: A

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