Jacques surveys fellow students to rate their preferences for various courses on campus. He finds that the sciences are least popular whereas the humanities are most popular. However, he neglects the fact that he performed his survey right after midterm grades were announced. His friend Ghislaine follows up by doing the same survey at the beginning of the following semester and gets very different results. This may be an issue of

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Temporal validity is concerned with the extent to which the findings of a study can be generalized across time. Jacques' survey results were likely influenced by the timing of the midterm grades, which could have affected students' preferences temporarily. Ghislaine's different results at the beginning of the following semester suggest that the timing of the survey (before vs. after midterm grades) affected the outcomes, highlighting an issue with temporal validity.

Jacques Surveys Fellow Students to Rate Their Preferences for Various