In conducting quasi-experimental designs,researchers tend to give up some ________ in exchange for ________.
A)Internal validity;external validity
B)Internal validity;statistical validity
C)Statistical validity;external validity
D)Construct validity;statistical validity

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Quasi-experimental designs involve manipulating variables without assigning participants randomly to groups. This can compromise internal validity, or the ability to draw causal conclusions. However, this trade-off is made in order to increase external validity, or the ability to generalize findings to real-world settings. Therefore, researchers tend to give up some internal validity in exchange for external validity in quasi-experimental designs.

In Conducting Quasi-Experimental Designs,researchers Tend to Give Up Some ________