A researcher is conducting an interrupted time-series study and is worried that changes in behavior after treatment might be due to some important event other than the treatment. This researcher is worried about which threat to internal validity?

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The researcher is concerned that an external event, not the treatment itself, might be responsible for changes in behavior, which is a threat to internal validity known as "history."

A Researcher Is Conducting an Interrupted Time-Series Study and Is