Manuel conducted a study in a local high school about the effectiveness of humor in a television anti-smoking campaign. After the study was over, he discovered that a popular musician had died of lung cancer during the course of the campaign, and many students stopped smoking in her honor. This is an example of:

a. A problem with external validity
b. A problem with internal validity
c. A history effect
d. Both a problem with internal validity and a history effect


c

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