Sechrist and Weil (2017) identify a number of strengths and limitations of their study. One of these limitations was identifying and collecting the baseline, pre-OFDVI data to compare to post-OFDVI data. They note, “the low pre-OFDVI recidivism rate may be attributed to poor record keeping and/or coding of IPDV-related reoffences which may have falsely underinflated the true rate of IPDV recidivism prior to the implementation of the OFDVI strategy” (18). This limitation can best be classified as a threat to the study’s ______.
a. generalizability
b. direction of association
c. causal validity
d. authenticity
e. external validity
