To increase construct validity, an experimenter should
a) Decrease external validity and decrease the number of experimental stimuli.
b) Increase external validity and increase the number of experimental stimuli.
c) Decrease variability in experimental procedure and decrease the number of experimenters.
d) Increase power of the experiment and decrease the internal validity.
Correct Answer: b
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