credibility in quantitative data

Question 1

construct validity

Answer 1

characterizes the quality of operationalization. operationalizations express constructs interms of observabke behaviour

Question 2

internal validity

Answer 2

• 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

Question 3

external validity

Answer 3

• characterizes generalizability of findings in the experiment
  two types of external validity: population and ecological

Question 4

population validity

Answer 4

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

Question 5

ecological validity

Answer 5

refers t the extent to which findings can be generalized from the experiment to other settings pr situatiosn