Using your knowledge of threats to internal validity, which research design will be most susceptible?
A) Pretest-Posttest
B) Cross-over
C) Correlational
D) Factorial
C
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A correctional research design is most susceptible to threats to internal validity. With quasi-experiments and correlational studies, there are competing explanations, which are sometimes called threats to internal validity.
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