A researcher concluded a study that looked at the effect of meditation on attention span improvement on 50 participants. If this researcher intends to transfer this knowledge to the entire country then this would be a concept of?
A)Reliability
B)Internal Validity
C)External Validity
D)Confounding variables

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External validity refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or applied to other settings, populations, or situations beyond the study conditions. In this case, the researcher's intention to apply the findings from a study on 50 participants to the entire country involves generalizing the results, which directly relates to external validity.

A Researcher Concluded a Study That Looked at the Effect