The term "external validity" in experiments refers to:
a. the extent to which causal inferences made in an experiment can be generalized
beyond the experimental setting.
b. whether the independent variable actually produces the effect that it appears to
have on the dependent variable.
c. the extent to which the design approximates a true experimental design.
d. the elimination of experimenter effects.
A
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