Which of the following is a disadvantage of test data (T-data)?
A. Experimenters are unable to control a context and eliminate extraneous sources of influence.
B. Experimenters are unable to test specific hypotheses by exerting control over the variables that are predicted to have causal influence.
C. It is hard to design procedures to elicit behavior that is difficult to observe in everyday life.
D. It is difficult to verify that a research participant defines a testing situation in the same way as the experimenter.
Answer: D
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