Imagine being asked to calculate the ethnic group segregation index for all members of a social media website. Mysteriously, all data for women are missing. Would you say this affects the reliability, the internal validity or the external validity?
A) reliability
B) internal validity
C) external validity

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

External validity is affected because the missing data for women means the findings may not generalize well to the broader population, as an entire gender is not represented in the analysis.

Imagine Being Asked to Calculate the Ethnic Group Segregation Index