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A research study finds that a group of participants who received relaxation training had lower exam anxiety scores than a group who did not receive training. However, the researcher suspects that the difference between groups may be caused by the fact that the participants in one group are generally smarter than those in the other. This study has a problem with ____.
 
  a. internal validity
 b. external validity
 c. experimental validity
  d. correlational validity

Question 2

Christine has conducted a study in which family caregivers of young adults with severe developmental disabilities were trained in stress reduction methods. After the fact, she discusses her findings with participants to ask whether the results make sense to them. Christine is assessing the ____ of her research.
 
  a. credibility
 b. transferability
  c. dependability
  d. confirmability



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livaneabi

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Answer to Question 1

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asan beg

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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