Why is attrition problematic?
a. Because it is unethical to only report the data that confirm your hypothesis
b. Because research and psychological science follow the scientific method
c. Because we have no way of knowing whether the final sample accurately represents the population
d. Because it leads to oversampling
Ans: C
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