External validity means that:

A) an experiment used reliable measures of the independent variable.
B) a correlation was established between an independent and a dependent variable.
C) an experiment has been verified by a group of scientists not associated with the study.
D) the variables in an experiment have been defined in a normal, typical, or realistic way.


D) the variables in an experiment have been defined in a normal, typical, or realistic way.

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