Important part 3

Question 1

Quality of experiments

Answer 1

Validity:
- internal: designed and executed properly
- External: lab does not fully recreate real-life settings
Reliability
- Maximize detail and transparency in documentation

Question 2

Quality case study

Answer 2

Validity
- Researcher bias (opinions researcher strong and affect objectivity)
- Respondent bias (values, opinions)
- Recollection bias (memory not reliable)
- construct validity: operationalization of construct is good

Question 3

Quality surveys

Answer 3

Validity
- Quality of questionnaire
- Sample quality and sampling bias
- Low response rate and non-response bias
- response incompleteness and missing values

Question 4

Risks addressed in a research project

Answer 4

• Internal validity
• External validity
• Construct validity
• Reliability