Suppose you want to study the effects of study abroad on students' attitudes toward immigration. You contact the Study Abroad Office and identify all students selected for study broad. You measure the attitudes of members of this group before they go abroad and then measure their attitudes again after they return home. If you found more tolerance after they return home, this could be due to the study abroad experience or to other factors. Which of the following threats to validity is not an alternative interpretation?

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Selection is not an alternative interpretation because the same group of students is measured before and after the study abroad experience, eliminating differences in group composition as a factor.

Suppose You Want to Study the Effects of Study Abroad