PSYC 208 Lecture Notes - Confounding, Random Assignment, Internal Validity
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Evaluating studies: validity chapter 1 (2 of 2) Many have argued that the glue uniting scholars and researchers is a shared attitude of skepticism. Skepticism or critically evaluating knowledge claims requires an analysis of. In this section of the lecture template, we will review two types of validity that you will be required to know for the short answer exam. If you are a researcher that is testing a causal research question, you"d like to be able to say (with a high degree of certainty) that one thing is causing another thing to happen. However, in order to state this (in the results of your study) you must ensure that the following 3 criteria have been met: association [social science] (or covariance [science]) relationship. This criterion demands that you are able to demonstrate that there is an association between the variables in your research question (iv and dv).
