Participant attrition in a study on self-esteem in male sociopaths versus normal males would affect generalizability because
A) The participants who dropped out may be different in some critical way than those who remained in the study.
B) It would call into question the diagnostic category of sociopathy.
C) There would not be a large enough sample size.
D) The results could only be generalized to the population of male sociopaths and not to all males.
Answer: A
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