Dr. Sussman conducts a study on the effect of various motivational factors on job performance. In her study, she does an excellent job of controlling extraneous factors and as a result, we can have high confidence in the causal conclusions she draws. However, the participants in her study were from a select group of the population and, therefore, Dr. Sussman will be rather limited in terms of her ability to apply her results to other people and situations. Taken as a whole, this study would be said to have ___________ internal validity and __________ external validity.
A)good; good
B)poor; good
C)good; poor
D)poor; poor

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The study has high internal validity because it effectively controls extraneous factors, allowing for strong causal conclusions. However, its external validity is low because the results may not generalize well to other populations or situations due to the select group of participants used.

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