Identify and discuss the potential threats to internal validity.

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will identify and discuss the following threats:
a. Experimental mortality
b. History
c. Instrumentation
d. Maturation
e. Selection bias
f. Statistical regression
g. Testing

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A) inadequate educational qualifications B) inadequate physical qualifications C) police department dissuading nonwhites from consideration D) both A and B

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Religious-based programs in prisons are not at all beneficial and have been found by courts to be in violation of First Amendment protections

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Law enforcement at Level 1 includes police agencies that produce tactical and strategic intelligence for internal consumption

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Crime scene investigators: a. record the crime-scene data. b. sketch the crime-scene. c. take photos of the crime scene. d. a and b. e. b and c

f. All of the above. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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