Dr. Z does a study on the connection between physical abuse in childhood and depression in adulthood
Her study has good external validity. This means
A) it clearly shows that being physically abused as a child causes a person to become depressed as an adult.
B) it was free of error and we can be confident in the results.
C) it had a control group and an experimental group.
D) its findings can be generalized to people outside the study sample.
D
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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