Question

If you read of a new "finding" in the newspaper one morning but noticed that only Caucasian subjects from Seattle were used in the experiment you might not give a lot of credibility to the study. This would be because of possible __________ limitations.
a. sexual
b. generalizability
c. age
d. gender-related
e. paranormal

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option b. generalizability

Explanation:

The study would not not be credible enough because it cannot be generalized. Only Caucasian population was taken into regard which means the results are based and workable only on Caucasian people.

To generalize it, people from all ethnicity should be used while carrying out the experiment to obtain results that represent the entire population of that geographical location.

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Answer 2

Answer:

(B)

I might not give a lot of credibility to the study because of possible "generalizability" limitations.

Explanation:

Generalizability is the extent to which the findings from an experiment in a particular setting can be applied to a different setting.

According to generalizability theory, the larger a sample population is, the more results from an experiment using that sample can be generalized.

Therefore a study that obtained its sample only from Caucasian subjects from Seattle, could have "generalizability" limitations.