A wait-list design is helpful in dealing with which of the following threats to internal validity?
A) Maturation
B) Selection
C) History
D) Attrition
E) Instrumentation

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A wait-list design helps in dealing with the threat of selection bias by randomly assigning participants to either the intervention or control group, ensuring that both groups are similar at the start of the study, and then switching the control group to the intervention group after some time. This eliminates the possibility of pre-existing differences between the two groups affecting the results. The other options do not specifically relate to the use of a wait-list design.

A Wait-List Design Is Helpful in Dealing with Which of the Following