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 trade off internal validity (the ability to establish cause and effect relationships within the study itself) in order to increase external validity (the ability to generalize findings to real-world situations). This is because the researcher has less control over variables in the natural setting, leading to potentially confounding variables that may impact the study's results.

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