In an experiment comparing the story writing abilities of two groups of fourth graders, two sets of scorers (one set for each group) were selected to evaluate the stories. What threat to internal validity has occurred?
a) Diffusion of treatment
b) Instrumentation
c) Selection
d) Treatment replication
b
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