You have just learned of survey results conducted by your university on the drinking behaviors of the college campus
Wondering about the results, you ask yourself the following questions: how were participants selected, were participants selected depending on if they lived on- or off-campus, were all the participants in a sorority or fraternity, were non–traditional age students included in the survey, and were men and women equally sampled? These types of questions indicate that you are concerned about what threat to internal validity?
a. history
b. selection
c. maturation
d. regression to the mean
B
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Differentiate between the various government systems and give an example of each
What will be an ideal response?
In the federal government the most familiar administrative units that are tasked with carrying out the most essential government functions are called __________
a. agencies b. bureaus c. corporations d. departments