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Ronda would like to assess the effects of a reading comprehension course on the scores of students. She gives a group of remedial students a reading comprehension pretest and then randomly assigns them to either the treatment group or the control group. Shortly after the treatment, she measures their reading comprehension scores again.
-How has Ronda controlled for the selection threat to internal validity?
A) She has randomly assigned participants to groups.
B) She has given a reading comprehension pretest.
C) She has given a reading comprehension posttest.
D) She has administered a treatment.

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Random assignment to groups helps ensure that any differences between the groups are due to the treatment and not pre-existing differences, thus controlling for selection threats to internal validity.

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