List and describe three threats to internal validity in experiments.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary. Three of the five choices are listed. (1) Selection bias is a threat to internal validity and it refers to the situation when the experimental and comparisons groups differ on some set of characteristics. (2) A second threat is history effects or when something other than the treatment occurs during the experiment that influences the outcome. (3) A third threat is contamination which occurs when the experimental or comparison group knows of one another and comes into contact with them or influences them in the posttest.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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