Bell et al. (2000) found that people who are more physically fit suffer athletic injuries less often than people who are less fit. This threat to internal validity that keeps us from concluding that fitness is a causal variable is
a. selection.
b. maturation.
c. statistical regression.
d. history.
A
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a. panic disorder c. agoraphobia b. posttraumatic stress disorder d. generalized anxiety disorder
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a. Increase the sample mean and increase the sample size b. Decrease the sample mean and increase the sample size c. Increase the sample mean and increase the percentage of confidence d. Decrease the sample mean and decrease the percentage of confidence
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a. modeling b. physical c. gestural d. stimulus