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1. The most likely problem with an ex post facto study would be its
-- Choose an answer --
a. Construct validity
b. Internal validity
2. Relative to ex post facto data, archival data is likely to have more ____ validity.
-- Choose an answer --
a. Construct
b. External
3. Objective content analysis schemes have been created to distinguish real from fake suicide notes.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
4. If participants were unaware that the archival data were being collected, you need to worry about their responses being nonreactive.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
5. Studies based on archival data may have more external validity than studies based on any other type of data.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
6. The problem due to the observer affecting the observed is most serious in naturalistic observation.
-- Choose an answer --
a. True
b. False
7. The strength of psychological tests are their
-- Choose an answer --
a. Construct validity
b. External validity
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