Which of the following is not one of the scientific criteria used to evaluate whether or not a treatment was responsible for producing a reliable effect on the dependent variable?
A)the immediacy of an observed effect
B)the size of an observed effect
C)the extent to which an observed effect is socially validated
D)the number of times that an effect is replicated

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The other three options (immediacy, size, and replication) are commonly used scientific criteria to evaluate whether a treatment was responsible for producing a reliable effect on the dependent variable. Social validation may be important for practical applications of the treatment, but it is not a scientific criterion for evaluating its efficacy.

Which of the Following Is Not One of the Scientific