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    When the Groups in a Quasi-Experiment Were Not Equivalent at the Beginning
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When the Groups in a Quasi-Experiment Were Not Equivalent at the Beginning

Question 17

Question 17

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When the groups in a quasi-experiment were not equivalent at the beginning of the study, _________ may compromise internal validity.


A) maturation
B) regression to the mean
C) selection bias
D) pretest-posttest contamination

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