A researcher was conducting an experiment on a new method to reduce fear of flying and did not use a control group. During this experiment, a high-profile plane crash was reported in the media. What threat to internal validity is this?

a. history
b. experimental mortality
c. selection biases
d. testing
e. statistical regression


A

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

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