Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1.In asking about the validity of an experiment, a researcher is asking whether the experiment captured the concepts the researcher intended to capture.
2.The focus of internal validity is on experimental design.
3.The focus of external validity is on whether the experiment has captured the external world the researcher is investigating.
4.A spurious relationship occurs where a relationship between variables has been found but is actually explained by another variable the researcher was not focused on.
5.Selection bias occurs when experimental groups are not comparable.

1.TRUE
2.TRUE
3.TRUE
4.TRUE
5.TRUE

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