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What is the testing effect, and how does it threaten internal validity?

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Jay Wong

19 May 2020

What is the testing effect, and how does it threaten internal validity?

What is the testing effect, and how does it threaten internal validity?

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Tanka Wong

20 May 2020

You are welcome. =)

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Jay Wong

20 May 2020

Thanks.

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Tanka Wong

20 May 2020

If the same test is given to participants several times, they may show improvement in scores because they can figure out “correct” responses through “exercise,” or scores may decrease due to boredom. In both situations, the outcome change is unrelated to the intervention.

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