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lak

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Students as a group tend to perform better on the second exam. This is similar to ______, which is a threat to validity
 
  a. experimenter bias
  b. effects of testing
  c. history
  d. mortality

Question 2

Suppose a researcher is performing an experiment on children. She tests the children on one level of the independent variable at the beginning of the school year, but cannot return to test the second level until mid-April, when the school year is almost completed. What threat to internal validity may be a problem?
 
  a. History
  b. Selection bias
  c. Maturation
  d. Experimenter bias


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matt

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c


lak

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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