Validity Flashcards

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What does validity refer to?

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weather soemthing is real or just an outcome of a research study that actually doesnt represent reality

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What is internal validity?

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concerns things inside a research study
it may be a question of weather we are testing what we actually intend to test

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Internal validity also concerns the question of what?

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‘control’
it might be that other factors effected the findings

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What is external validity?

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concered with things outside the the research study

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