evaluating experiments

Question 1

What is objectivity?

Answer 1

When results are purely factual and not affected by the researchers own opinions

Question 2

What is reliability?

Answer 2

-When research is conducted you can trust the results more if the findings are consistent
- the research can be repeated again and again (replicable)
- you must keep getting the same findings to ensure the study is reliable

Question 3

What is validity?

Answer 3

• how accurate the findings of research are

Question 4

What is internal validity?

Answer 4

• if the experiment is well controlled and avoids extraneous variables then it is internally valid

Question 5

What is ecological validity?

Answer 5

-sometimes research is carried out in settings that would never happen in someones day to day life
-if research doesn’t take place in a natural environment then it LACKS ecological validity.

Question 6

What is predictive validity?

Answer 6

• if the results of a study can accurately predict how someone behaves then the study has predictive validity.