What is external validity?
A. The extent to which research findings are consistent with hypotheses
B. The extent to which the sample equals the population
C. The extent to which research findings can be generalized beyond the study
D. A measure of how powerful the statistics being used are within a study
Answer: C
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A. increases; removed; increases; introduced B. increases; removed; decreases; introduced C. decreases; removed; increases; introduced D. decreases; introduced; increases; removed