Marjorie conducted a study of students' views of race relations in America. She did not, however, share the characteristics of her participants. Marjorie has demonstrated
A) a threat to internal validity.
B) a threat to external validity.
C) a threat to statistical conclusion validity.
D) a threat to reliability.

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Marjorie has demonstrated a threat to external validity since she did not share the characteristics of her participants, making it difficult to generalize her findings to other populations.

Marjorie Conducted a Study of Students' Views of Race Relations