Assignment: 1

STA-630

Solution:

In this scenario, following threats to internal validity exist:

History Effects:

In the scenario above, Pakistan television program was the history effect which
Was an external even out of control of management? All the employees take much
Interest in that program due to which the validity of the training influence
adversely.

Maturation Effect:

In the scenario above, the length of time was too much according to some
Employees’ and 3 employees left the training due to the fact that they were getting
bored from training program. That’s why this threat to internal validity exist in
Scenario.

Testing Effect:

This effect also exist in this scenario, as the questions asked in pre-test influence the
performance of employees adversely.

Instrumentation Effect:

This is another threat to internal validity which exists in this scenario.

The question asked in pre-test were quite easy than the questions asked in
post-test. It will influence the result of training program adversely.

Mortality:

Mortality effect of threat to the internal validity exist I this scenario, as some of the
Employees left organization during program .Which contaminate the program
Because leaving of some members hinder the training process and make it difficult to
Interpret the exact result.

Following threats to internal validity does not exist in the scenario above.

Selection Bias Effect:

This is the threat which exist due to non random selection of subjects for two comparison
Groups. Whereas in scenario above members of 2 groups were selected randomly. So,
there was no selection differentiation in scenario.