credibility in quantitative data Flashcards
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construct validity
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characterizes the quality of operationalization. operationalizations express constructs interms of observabke behaviour
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internal validity
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- characterizes the methodological quality of the experiment
- confounding variables have been controlled and we arw quite certain that it was the change in the IV that caused the cahne in the DV
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external validity
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- characterizes generalizability of findings in the experiment
two types of external validity: population and ecological
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population validity
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refers to the extent to which findings can be generalizied from the sample tp the target population.
- representative of the target population and an appropriate sampling technique s used
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ecological validity
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refers t the extent to which findings can be generalized from the experiment to other settings pr situatiosn