Which of the following is NOT a way to improve the external validity of research based on a college sample?
A) select college students who have experience in the natural setting of interest.
B) explain the experimental task so that participants perceive it similarly to people from the natural setting of interest
C) ensure that the participants have no prior training on the variable of interest
D) administer an interest profile and select participants who are similar to people in the natural setting

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Excluding participants who have prior training on the variable of interest might limit the generalizability of the findings since it is unlikely that people in the natural setting of interest are equally inexperienced. Instead, recruiting a diverse sample of college students who have different levels of experience in the natural setting of interest might increase the external validity of the research. A, B, and D, are all viable ways to improve external validity by selecting participants who are more representative of the population of interest.

Which of the Following Is NOT a Way to Improve