_____ refers to the extent to which conclusions drawn on the basis of a statistical test (for example,rejection of the null hypothesis)are unaffected by violations of the assumptions underlying the test.
A)validity
B)reliability
C)robustness
D)none of these

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Robustness refers to the ability of a statistical test to perform adequately even when assumptions about the data being tested are violated. In other words, the conclusions drawn from a statistical test should be robust (or reliable) in the face of outliers, non-normality, or other departures from the assumptions of the statistical test. Therefore, choice C, robustness, is the correct answer.

_____ Refers to the Extent to Which Conclusions Drawn on the Basis