Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Elton Mayo’s “Hawthorne effect” was uncovered in a study of motivation in a laboratory setting.
2. The possible interaction of “current events” and an experimental treatment is a problem of external validity.
3. The validity problem described as ‘selection’ is a component of population validity.
4. The problem of a reactive measurement potential of a pretest can be reduced if the researcher uses a different evaluation measurement for the posttest.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True

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