Validity (D)

Question 1

What is external validity?

Answer 1

When the results of a study generalise to other situations and people

Question 2

Type 1: What is ecological validity?

Answer 2

When results of a study generalise to real life

Question 3

Type 2: What is temporal validity?

Answer 3

When results of a study generalise across time
EG: I study the views of middle-aged men on vaping
[a study on this topic from the 1960s would lack temporal validity as the results in 2024 would vastly differ]

Question 4

Type 3: What is population validity?

Answer 4

When results generalised to the rest of the population studied
EG: I am studying the affect of memory on students aged 11-16
[this study lacks population validity if i only study private school students]

Question 5

What is internal validity?

Answer 5

When a study measures what it claims to measure and EVs are controlled