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) External validity; construct validity
E) Construct validity; statistical validity

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Quasi-experimental designs involve manipulation of an independent variable but lack full control over extraneous variables that can affect the results. This compromises the internal validity to some extent, but researchers do this in order to ensure generalizability or external validity of the findings to real-world settings. Therefore, they give up some internal validity in exchange for external validity. Choices B, C, D, and E do not accurately capture the trade-off that occurs in quasi-experimental designs.

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