Samantha conducts an experiment on her college campus.She learns that more women than men talk to their fathers on the phone daily.Samantha may not be able to generalize her findings to the larger population of all college women,because most of the students at her college come from extremely patriarchical surrounding towns.Samantha's problem is a lack of
A) internal validity.
B) specific variables.
C) external validity.
D) a control group.

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Samantha's problem is a lack of external validity, which refers to the ability to generalize research findings to a larger population or real-world settings. This is because her study may only be representative of the specific cultural and societal norms at her college, which may not be applicable to a broader population.

Samantha Conducts an Experiment on Her College Campus