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The biggest problem with case studies is _____. This means that the information gathered about a specific individual cannot be generalized to other individuals.
 
  a. internal validity c. selection
  b. internal reliability d. assignment

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Let's assume you are conducting an experiment to determine the effect of a new drug on the incidence of epileptic seizures. You select 20 epileptics from the 150 epileptics being treated at a nearby hospital and administer the drug to them. You record the number of seizures in each of the 20 subjects for one month. The number of seizures for each of the 20 subjects constitutes _________.
 
  a. the dependent variable c. a statistic
  b. data d. the independent variable


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
The individuals in case studies are often selected because

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Reply #2 on: Jun 19, 2018
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